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MVP Investment

$9K - $13K
6-10 weeks
Engineering
$8,000
Cloud Hosting
$240
LLM API Credits
$500
SaaS Stack
$300
Domain & Legal
$100

6mo ROI

1-2x

3yr ROI

10-25x

Automation tools have long sales cycles but high retention. Expect $5K MRR by 6mo, accelerating to $500K+ ARR at 3yr as enterprises adopt.

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Mengnan Li

Idaho National Laboratory

J

Jason Miller

Idaho National Laboratory

Z

Zachary Prince

Idaho National Laboratory

A

Alexander Lindsay

Idaho National Laboratory

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Founder's Pitch

"MOOSEnger transforms NL-based simulation requests into executable MOOSE files for accelerated multi-physics modeling."

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Commercial Viability Breakdown

0-10 scale

High Potential

1/4 signals

2.5

Quick Build

2/4 signals

5

Series A Potential

4/4 signals

10

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Why It Matters

MOOSEnger significantly reduces the time and effort needed to set up and run complex simulations in the MOOSE ecosystem by automating the conversion of natural language requests into correctly formatted input files, thereby streamlining simulation workflows and lowering the entry barrier for new users.

Product Angle

Turn this into a subscription-based SaaS targeting engineering firms that need quick turnaround on simulation setups, offering backend integrations with MOOSE tools for seamless transition from model setup to execution.

Disruption

This solution could replace manual simulation setups that require extensive domain expertise and trial-and-error, greatly enhancing productivity for engineers using the MOOSE ecosystem.

Product Opportunity

The market size encompasses engineering simulation software users in nuclear and multiphysical domains. The pain point is the complexity in setting up accurate simulations; MOOSEnger can automate and expedite this process.

Use Case Idea

An enterprise-level platform that offers domain-specific tools for Engineering teams in nuclear physics, enabling rapid simulation design through natural language processing and direct integration with existing MOOSE framework tools.

Science

MOOSEnger uses a combination of Retrieval Augment Generation (RAG) and MOOSE-specific tools to convert natural language simulation requests into valid MOOSE input files. It identifies correct simulation settings through a precheck pipeline that repairs syntax errors, performs grammar checks, and corrects object types using a similarity search. The tool then validates and executes these inputs, providing revisions based on feedback from the MOOSE runtime.

Method & Eval

The method was evaluated using a benchmark of 125 prompts across five MOOSE physics families. By including MOOSE runtime in the evaluation loop, the execution pass rate improved to 0.93 compared to 0.08 for an LLM-only baseline.

Caveats

The tool may require significant updates as the MOOSE framework and its applications evolve, which might affect the integration and validation processes. Additionally, initial setup could still require domain expertise to contextualize results accurately.

Author Intelligence

Mengnan Li

Idaho National Laboratory
mengnan.li@inl.gov

Jason Miller

Idaho National Laboratory

Zachary Prince

Idaho National Laboratory

Alexander Lindsay

Idaho National Laboratory

Cody Permann

Idaho National Laboratory