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Type | Private |
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Industry | Information Technology |
Founded | 2009 |
Headquarters | , Finland |
Key people | Freddie Geier (CEO) |
Number of employees | 100-150 |
Website | rightware |
Rightware is a Finnish software development company that provides automotive graphics software tools and services. Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, Rightware has offices in Detroit, Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai, Brighton, and Munich.
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Rightware was founded in December 2009 after Futuremark spins off its Mobile & Embedded Benchmark unit.
In January 2011, Rightware released their UI design software called Kanzi, and demonstrated a stereoscopic 3D home screen for Android made by Kanzi at Mobile World Congress 2011. [1]
In 2013, it was announced that Audi was using Rightware's Kanzi software for developing digital user interfaces for Audi cars. [2] [3] The first commercial vehicle (Audi A3) with Kanzi technology was shipped in June 2012. [4] At CES 2014, Audi revealed its fully digital Virtual Cockpit instrument cluster, created using Rightware Kanzi.
In 2013, Rightware raised another $5.2 million in venture capital funding. [5]
On May 7, 2015, [6] Rightware divested its graphics benchmarking business to Basemark, a newly formed Helsinki-based company, in a management buyout deal.
In 2015, Rightware announced that it was collaborating with Nissan. [7]
In 2016, Rightware announced the founding members [8] of its Kanzi Partner Program.
In 2016, Rightware stated that over 15 car manufacturers were using its Kanzi software for creating user interfaces. [9]
In 2017, Kanzi powers 35 automotive brands. Rightware becomes a subsidiary of ThunderSoft.
During 2021, Rightware announced the release of Kanzi One, an android compatible all in one HMI tool for automobile's cockpits. [10]
Kanzi One is a commercial package including the Kanzi framework and a variety of feature packs for further enhancing the HMI in relation to connectivity, mapping, visual effects, 3D vision, and preview capabilities.
Kanzi framework:
Feature packs:
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