Cardinal Operations

Shanshu.ai, developed by Cardinal Operations, specializes in providing advanced mathematical optimization solutions for large-scale problems. The company serves a diverse range of clients including academic researchers, business analysts, data scientists, IT engineers, and OR algorithm engineers. Operating in sectors such as aviation, education, energy, financial services, government, healthcare, insurance, logistics, transportation, manufacturing, media, entertainment, retail, software, and telecommunications, Shanshu.ai leverages its proprietary Cardinal Optimizer (COPT) to deliver linear, integer, and nonlinear optimization solutions. The business model revolves around offering high-performance solvers that implement the Simplex algorithm and support all major operating systems including Windows, Linux, and MacOS. The optimizer is accessible through various interfaces such as Python, PuLP, Pyomo, C, C++, Java, AMPL, and GAMS, and also supports the ARM64 platform. Revenue is generated through licensing fees for the COPT software, which includes a 180-day free trial for evaluation purposes.

Keywords: optimization, solvers, Simplex algorithm, linear programming, nonlinear optimization, Cardinal Optimizer, diverse industries, high-performance, multi-platform, licensing.