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Ilya: Pioneering Water Recycling Through 3D Innovation

Ilya - Green tech' startup

Secteur d'activité

Green Tech'

Challenge

Ilya's challenge was to engineer water-saving products that were not only compact and highly efficient but useful in the dailylife for everyone. Achieving this required rapid iteration, sophisticated 3D modeling, and cloud-based collaboration, all while operating within the financial constraints of a small start-up environment. Industry-standard 3d conception of Dassault Systèmes and expert technical support were essential to overcoming the technical challenges and accelerating innovation cycles.

Results

With the adoption of SolidWorks part of the 3DEXPERIENCE platform through the start-up program, Ilya was able to consolidate their entire product development process. The cloud-based collaborative platform enabled real-time teamwork, eliminated communication bottlenecks, and fostered rapid prototyping. Access to these advanced industrial tools at a significantly reduced cost allowed Ilya to bring two innovative products to market quickly, reinforcing their status as a pioneer in sustainable water management.

Solidworks Design Standard Offer

Produit numéro 1

www.ilya-tech.fr/
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simplified collaboration
+60%
Project acceleration
90%
Key in hand tool
+2
delivered products in - 2 years

The start-up program's reduced-cost access was pivotal: The start-up program allowed us to test the tool at a very reduced cost in the first years and to learn the software completely from the outset.

Antonin Escante

Co-founder @Ilya

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About our Subscriber

Ilya is a French start-up founded in 2019 by Antonin Escande and Simon Buoro in Toulouse. The company is dedicated to creating impactful products that facilitate the ecological transition in everyday habits, particularly focusing on water and energy consumption.

The Stakes

As a young, agile start-up committed to sustainability, Ilya faced the demanding task of designing innovative water conservation products that could easily fit into users' daily routines. The founders needed to deliver highly functional, compact systems that would encourage widespread adoption of water-saving habits—without compromising user experience. To achieve this in a fast-moving market, the team required state-of-the-art 3D design tools, seamless collaborative capabilities, and the ability to iterate rapidly, all while managing limited resources and technical complexity.

The Solution

Ilya discovered SolidWorks integrated to 3DEXPERIENCE,via Ohmycad's tailored start-up program, which provided not only the essential software but also expert technical guidance. The cloud version of the platform proved invaluable for their distributed, small team, enabling effective real-time collaboration, streamlined design workflows, and direct communication with suppliers. As Antonin Escande, Co-founder of Ilya, explains: 'The need for a collaborative tool led us to SolidWorks and 3DEXPERIENCE, especially the cloud version, which was very useful for us.' This support allowed Ilya to focus on innovation rather than technical or financial constraints, empowering them to develop their flagship products—the Ilo sensor and cyclic shower—at pace.

The Results

By integrating SolidWorks on Cloud supported by the official Solidworks experts from ohmycad, Ilya realized significant gains in both speed and agility. The team moved from concept to prototype with unprecedented efficiency, facilitating stakeholder collaboration and simplifying supplier engagement. In just a few years since its 2019 founding, Ilya successfully launched two pioneering products with a team of only two, exemplifying the impact of targeted technology adoption in the start-up ecosystem. Their ability to access advanced tools at a fraction of standard costs ensured resources were focused on product excellence and growth, positioning Ilya at the forefront of sustainable innovation in water conservation.

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