Kynogon was a computer software company that provided AI middleware to the video game and the simulation industries. The company was acquired by
Autodesk
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in February 2008, and its flagship product was titled Autodesk
Navigation
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. Autodesk ended the sale of Navigation in July 2017.
History
Kynogon was founded in France in 2000 by Pierre Pontevia and Jacques Gaubil. It also has offices in
Montreal, Quebec
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, Canada, and the UK. Kynogon has won many awards such as ''
Red Herring 100'' or Develop Industry Excellence.
Kynogon partners
In the video game domain, Kynogon maintains partnerships with console makers (
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washin ...
,
Sony
, commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professiona ...
and
Nintendo). Kynogon is a member of
Epic Games's integrated partner program and
Kynapse is available as integrated into the
Unreal Engine
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. Kynogon also works with other complementary middleware developers (
Ageia
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,
Emergent Game Technologies,
Trinigy
Trinigy was a German software development company.
In the second half of 2007, Trinigy expanded to the US and founded a fully owned subsidiary in Austin, TX. The US office is headed by Daniel J. Conradie, one of the original founders of Trinigy. ...
).
In the simulation industry, Kynogon partners with MAK Technologies and is the developer of BHave, a plug-in to VR-Forces CGF.
References
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External links
Kynogon site
Software companies of France
Autodesk acquisitions