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      <issuerName>Altair Engineering, Inc.</issuerName>
      <secFileNumber>001-38263</secFileNumber>
      <issuerAddress>
        <com:street1>1820 E. Beaver Road</com:street1>
        <com:city>Troy</com:city>
        <com:stateOrCountry>MI</com:stateOrCountry>
        <com:zipCode>48083</com:zipCode>
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      <issuerContactPhone>248-614-2400</issuerContactPhone>
      <nameOfPersonForWhoseAccountTheSecuritiesAreToBeSold>James Ralph Scapa</nameOfPersonForWhoseAccountTheSecuritiesAreToBeSold>
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        <relationshipToIssuer>CEO</relationshipToIssuer>
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      <securitiesClassTitle>Class A Common</securitiesClassTitle>
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        <name>J.P. Morgan Securities LLC</name>
        <address>
          <com:street1>390 Madison Avenue</com:street1>
          <com:street2>6th Floor</com:street2>
          <com:city>New York</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>NY</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>10017</com:zipCode>
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      <noOfUnitsSold>30000</noOfUnitsSold>
      <aggregateMarketValue>2245800</aggregateMarketValue>
      <noOfUnitsOutstanding>53414224</noOfUnitsOutstanding>
      <approxSaleDate>07/17/2023</approxSaleDate>
      <securitiesExchangeName>Nasdaq</securitiesExchangeName>
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      <acquiredDate>11/01/2017</acquiredDate>
      <natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>Direct Investment by the James R. Scapa Declaration of Trust dated 03/05/87</natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>
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        <name>James Scapa Declaration of Trust, JRS Investments LLC</name>
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          <com:street1>Care of Altair Engineering</com:street1>
          <com:street2>1820 E. Beaver Road</com:street2>
          <com:city>Troy</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>MI</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>48083</com:zipCode>
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      <securitiesClassTitle>Class A Common</securitiesClassTitle>
      <saleDate>05/16/2023</saleDate>
      <amountOfSecuritiesSold>10000</amountOfSecuritiesSold>
      <grossProceeds>679432</grossProceeds>
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        <name>James Scapa Declaration of Trust, JRS Investments LLC</name>
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          <com:street1>Care of Altair Engineering</com:street1>
          <com:street2>1820 E. Beaver Road</com:street2>
          <com:city>Troy</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>MI</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>48083</com:zipCode>
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      <saleDate>06/16/2023</saleDate>
      <amountOfSecuritiesSold>10000</amountOfSecuritiesSold>
      <grossProceeds>751755</grossProceeds>
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    <remarks>Of the 30,000 shares being filed,  15,000 shares will be sold by the James R. Scapa Declaration of Trust dated 03/05/87, James R. Scapa as Trustee and 15,000 shares will be sold by the JRS Investment LLC, James R. Scapa as Manager</remarks>
    <noticeSignature>
      <noticeDate>07/17/2023</noticeDate>
      <planAdoptionDates>
        <planAdoptionDate>12/14/2022</planAdoptionDate>
      </planAdoptionDates>
      <signature>/s/ J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as agent and attorney-in-fact for James Ralph Scapa</signature>
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