Open Interface Engineering

Interfaces are where
systems fail.

OpenIE is an idea company. We study interface failures and help companies solve them.

Mission

Eco-engineering for the age of AI.

OpenIE is a Delaware B-Corp building the infrastructure to reduce global compute energy cost by 90% or more. We measure everything in joules — not tokens, not seats, not abstract pricing units. Physics.

$1T+
lost annually to interface and integration failures
90%
target reduction in compute energy cost
945 TWh
projected data center electricity by 2030
The Thesis

Every complex system is composed of parts that talk to each other. The boundaries between those parts are interfaces. Data flows across them. Energy moves through them. Materials mate at them.

When interfaces are implicit or unvalidated, failures propagate silently. A voltage mismatch fries a board. An API change breaks a pipeline. A material incompatibility causes a recall.

These are interface failures — predictable, detectable, preventable.

Interface Tracts

Five domains. One framework.

Every system interface falls into one of five tracts.

01

Data

Protocols, formats, encoding, timing, and API contracts. Every data boundary typed and validated before it crosses.

02

Energy

Power delivery, voltage domains, thermal management, and EMC. Every watt accounted for from source to sink.

03

Material

Mechanical fits, material compatibility, and environmental specs. Every physical junction specified and checkable.

04

Logistics

Assembly, routing, serviceability, and manufacturing constraints. Every step in the build sequence validated against the design.

05

Supply Chain

Sourcing, lifecycle, procurement, and vendor constraints. Every dependency tracked from specification to end-of-life.

Measured in
Joules

Not tokens. Not dollars. Physics.

Company

Built in Sarasota. For everywhere.

Structure

Delaware B-Corp

Incorporated as a benefit corporation. The mission — reducing compute energy cost — is written into the charter. Profit serves the mission, not the other way around.

Approach

Energy-Floor Pricing

We charge the energy cost of the compute your work consumes, plus infrastructure margin. No artificial tiers. No per-seat fees. You pay for physics, and physics doesn't negotiate.

Interfaces are everywhere.

If you see an interface problem worth solving, we want to hear about it.

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