Community & Meetups

./pulse is the product of an open, cross-disciplinary community. Experts in finance (KPMG), teardown cost analytics (A2MAC1), feature-lifecycle economics (BinaryCore), lean systems engineering (Spicy SE), legal contracting (Reusch Law), MBSE research (TU Berlin & Steinbeis FSTI), API/virtualisation (Axway, Bosch, MHP), AI-driven CI/CD (Spread.ai), homologation (Certivity), agile + ASPICE (iProcess), crowd-testing (TestBirds), market intelligence (SBD Automotive), tool-chain enablement (ETAS) and developer-ecosystems (SODA.auto) all contribute.

pulse.meet: We work in open monthly meet-ups, share assets transparently, and invite any OEM or supplier to join and extend the framework. The schedule below shows the upcoming sessions and the expert perspectives that shape each topic.

Date
Topic
Expert
Perspective

26 Jun 2025: event link

SDV Business Case

KPMG

CFO perspective – investment KPIs, ROI gates

A2MAC1

Tear-down data – hardware & BOM cost baseline

BinaryCore

Feature-lifecycle economics – SW cost & value levers

24 Jul 2025

Lean RM / Lean SE, SCM

Spicy SE

Lean RM / Lean SE methods & toolchain

Reusch Law

Outcome-based contracting & legal risk-sharing

28 Aug 2025

SDVx MBSE + Shift-Left

Prof. Rainer Stark / Jens Lachenmeier

SDVx MBSE project with prostep ivip

Bosch

Virtualisation & early validation (“shift-left”)

25 Sep 2025

Loose Coupling

Axway

API-first, service gateway patterns

Bosch

Vehicle API implementation & governance

MHP

Two-speed delivery model & operating model design

23 Oct 2025

Continuous Improvement

Spread.ai

Agentic engineering intelligence & AI-assisted CI/CD/CT

Certivity

Continuous homologation & regulatory traceability

iProcess Consulting

Agile + ASPICE integration

TestBirds

Crowd & remote testing at SDV pace

27 Nov 2025

Enabling

SBD Automotive

Market intelligence & competitive benchmarking

ETAS

Toolchain enablement – DevSecOps, ECU & cloud integration

SODA.auto

Developer-ecosystem catalyst – open-source SDKs, API sandbox, community onboarding for third-party SDV apps

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