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We’re excited to learn a little about you, but first, it’s only fair that we share a bit about us. There’s a story behind Goldfire, and lots of fun facts about the people that work on it.
The Goldfire Story
A young Russian’s dream
Valery Tsourikov, a young Russian soon-to-be entrepreneur, is studying to receive his masters in computer science in Minsk. He is intrigued by the concept of artificial intelligence (it’s a hot topic at the time) but knows that the prestigious American universities have already set out to invest in the most notable areas for the technology. Instead, he decides that it would be cool if he could teach a machine to invent things. So, he sets out to do it.
Tsourikov’s first AI success
Almost 10 years later, Tsourikov has something to show for his idea: a program that could invent and test novel mathematical algorithms. He donates 20,000 of these computer created algorithms to the Moscow Electrical Communications University’s Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence program, which helps distinguish communications from background noise.
Invention Machine is born
Tsourikov officially starts his own company in Minsk – Invention Machine – to sell his product, quickly convincing 800 major companies in the Soviet industry to run the program for their businesses.
*The original team, pictured below.

Making it in America

Invention Machine continues to grow
A change in leadership
As Invention Machine finds success across industries, Mark E. Atkins, an expert in growth and business management, takes interest. He soon takes over Invention Machine from Tsourikov with the intention to fuel its growth and build out the company.
Invention Machine introduces “Goldfire Innovator”, which empowers engineers and scientists to conceive and validate the right ideas the first time, so they can reduce innovation costs and speed time-to-market. Still powered by Invention Machine’s unique semantic research technology, it is the first software to integrate within a single desktop or platform that aids the innovation process in a repeatable, uniform way.
IHS aquires Invention Machine, Goldfire
To better connect knowledge workers to innovation, IHS acquires Invention Machine. The two companies go hand in hand, as both uncover insights in a wealth of internal and external information. Invention Machine’s patented technology allows IHS to better serve engineers by enabling them to turn underlying data into actionable insights, and make better decisions, faster.
Goldfire continues to empower
Since 2012, Goldfire has served businesses around the world, such as NASA, Mondelez, Airbus, Honeywell and more, helping them build smarter, innovate faster, and create a tomorrow we’re proud of. We’re still working, and there’s more story to come, but for now, we’re just lucky enough to be living it.

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