 As VTK was released open source, a user community developed around the software and the founders of Kitware took this opportunity to start the business.With time, the company expanded its focus and offerings to include development in other areas such as biomedical imaging, large data visualization, quality software process, informatics, and data management.Kitware is one of the fastest growing companies in the country, having been included on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies from 2009 to 2012