About us
Years of
expertise
Patents
granted
Commissioned
WindShaper
People on
two continents
Fans
assembled
m² of offices
and labs
Our Vision
Bringing your innovations to market, one test at a time.
Our Culture
We challenge the impossible for our customers, every day. We cultivate innovation and creativity, embracing risk to uncover new opportunities and drive progress.
Our Values
Innovation
We embrace cutting-edge thinking to develop forward-looking solutions for our clients’ engineering challenges.
Integrity
We conduct our business with honesty, transparency, and respect, building trust in every interaction.
Quality
We hold ourselves to the highest standards, ensuring robust and reliable results on every project.
Collaboration
We believe great engineering emerges from working together, sharing knowledge, and supporting one another.
Sustainability
We design for the future, balancing efficiency with a commitment to environmental responsibility.
Confidentiality & Trust
We handle sensitive and proprietary information with the utmost responsibility, ensuring robust data protection and privacy at every stage.
Our History
2015
Inception
Prof. Flavio Noca dreams about testing drones in free flight. Guillaume Catry, then research engineer at Flavio's lab begin to work on a prototype of fan array.
2016
Proof of Concept
The first module of 3x3 fans is assembled an tested. Early results are encouraging even though the useful section is too small (240mm x 240mm) to be used for free flight testing. Prof Mory Gharib (Caltech) and Flavio Noca meet and discuss about the concept. Prof Gharib is interest to host the first real scale WindShaper at Caltech CAST (Center for Autonomous Systems and Technologies). Luca, Sergio and Alberic join Guillaume to work on the 'WindShape' project.
2017
Incorporation
After one year of development, the founding team has created the first engineering model of the WindShaper with a size of 3x3 modules (0.75m x 0.75m). The company WindShape LLC is incorporated in Geneva, Switzerland.
2017
Inauguration of "WindShaper One" at Caltech
In October 2017, WindShape inaugurates the first WindShaper, named WindShaper One by Prof Mory Gharib. WindShaper One is a 12x12 module array (3m x 3m) and and comprises 1'296 fans. It will remain the largest WindShaper in the world for the 5 years to come.
2018
Commercialization
After the success of WindShaper One, WindShape begin the commercialization the WindShaper technology. The roles of the founder are getting better defined: Guillaume oversees strategy and commercialization, Alberic takes the sales and communication, Sergio the engineering and Luca the production. Nicolas joins the team as a founder and leads the R&D activities.
2019
Settling in new Geneva offices
WindShape moves to its first offices in Geneva, Switzerland. The team grows to 6 people.
2021
Wins $500,000 as finalist of GENIUS NY
WindShape begins the development of a US subsidiary in Syracuse NY after being awarded a $500,000 prize money from the famous GENIUS NY startup competition. WindShape hires its first US employee.
2022
Reach profitability for the first time
WindShape team grows to 9 people. The company reaches profitability.
2023
Relocating US activities to Tulsa, Oklahoma
As we identified a unique opportunity and site to develop our drone test center business in the US, we decided to relocate to Tulsa, Oklahoma.
2024
Celebrating the 50th WindShaper
Shipping the 50th WindShaper in October 2024 to Mississippi State University, a 12x12 (3m x 3m) unit similar in size to "WindShaper One". At this point, WindShaper has assembled 16'280 fans.
2024
Relocating Geneva office to Vernier
The team reaches 20+ people and the company is relocating to a much larger space in Vernier, with 350m2 of office space and 650m2 of laboratories and workshops.
2025
Inauguration of WindShape Test Center, Tulsa
WindShape inaugurate a new test center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The test center of 2000m² comprises 8 labs and is equipped to test all aspects of drones.