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Brian Townsend
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Brian Townsend

Brian Townsend

VP of Engineering, Parallel Domain

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Brian Townsend's Career

Parallel Domain

Parallel Domain

Series B$43.5MSan Francisco, CA, US
VP of Engineering

Recent news

Foretellix and Parallel Domain Partner to Bring Hyper Realistic Digital Twins to AV SimulationForetellix · 2025
From roads to replicasZenseact · 2025
AMD Silo AI and Parallel Domain to Accelerate Digital Twin and Simulation Workloads for Automotive and Robotics IndustriesAMD · 2025

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