TL;DR: I'm leaving Novartis at the end of January. Starting in February I
will be splitting my time between a position at KNIME.com and a company I
will start around the RDKit.
Some more info, in some kind of order. After being with NIBR for more than
9 years I decided that I wanted to switch back to a small organization. I
wasn't quite sure what exactly that would be, but something involving the
RDKit was a must. This is where I've landed.
At KNIME.com I will be working with the rest of the team to expand KNIME's
footprint and impact in the life sciences industry. It's a small company,
so I'm sure I will be offering opinions in other areas as well. More to
come on that once I've officially started. It's going to be fun. :-)
I'm not 100% sure how the RDKit company is going to develop. I don't even
have a name for it yet! The company will definitely offer support and
services (training, sponsored development, collaborative projects, etc)
around the RDKit. It will have a strong commitment to the open-source code.
It doesn't seem likely that I'm going to end up pursuing a model with paid
"enterprise" components or where customers pay for early access to
features. These things work for some open-source projects, but they don't
feel right to me. Having said that, really small companies need to remain
very flexible, so this could all change (well, not all of it, the strong
commitment to the open-source code will remain a fixed point). We'll see,
it's exciting!
I'll let you know once I've got the company started; I am planing to do a
lot of my thinking about the business model "out loud" and will definitely
be looking for feedback.
Best,
-greg
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