Dassault Systèmes and NVIDIA build industrial AI platform around virtual twins
Dassault Systèmes and NVIDIA have announced a long-term strategic partnership aimed at building a shared industrial AI platform that combines virtual twins with accelerated AI infrastructure. The goal is to move industrial AI from isolated point tools to mission-critical systems that can be deployed at scale across multiple industries.
The partnership signals where industrial AI architectures are heading and how AI, physics-based modeling and digital twins are starting to converge into production-ready platforms.
Building industry world models
At the core of the collaboration is a shared industrial AI architecture that merges Dassault Systèmes’ Virtual Twin technologies with NVIDIA’s AI infrastructure, open models and accelerated software libraries. Together, the companies aim to create “science-validated Industry World Models” that are grounded in physics and real industrial data.
“We are entering an era where artificial intelligence does not just predict or generate, but understands the real world. When AI is grounded in science, physics and validated industrial knowledge, it becomes a force multiplier for human ingenuity,” said Pascal Daloz, CEO of Dassault Systèmes. “Together with NVIDIA, we are building Industry World Models that unite Virtual Twins and accelerated computing to help industry design, simulate and operate complex systems in biology, materials science, engineering and manufacturing with confidence. This partnership establishes a new foundation for industrial AI, one that is trustworthy by design and capable of scaling innovation across the generative economy.”
From NVIDIA’s perspective, the focus is on what it calls “physical AI,” where models are constrained by the laws of the real world rather than purely data-driven approaches. “Physical AI is the next frontier of artificial intelligence, grounded in the laws of the physical world,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. “Together with Dassault Systèmes, we’re uniting decades of industrial leadership with NVIDIA’s AI and Omniverse platforms to transform how millions of researchers, designers and engineers build the world’s largest industries.”
From AI factories to virtual companions
On the infrastructure side, Dassault Systèmes is deploying so-called AI factories through its OUTSCALE brand, using the latest NVIDIA AI platforms across three continents. These systems are designed to support AI workloads within the 3DEXPERIENCE platform while addressing data privacy, IP protection and sovereignty requirements.
NVIDIA, in turn, is adopting Dassault Systèmes’ model-based systems engineering tools to design its own AI factories, starting with the Rubin platform and extending into large-scale Omniverse-based deployments.
The combined stack will support applications ranging from biology and materials research, using NVIDIA BioNeMo with Dassault Systèmes’ BIOVIA models, to AI-driven engineering with SIMULIA and factory-level virtual twins through DELMIA and NVIDIA Omniverse. A key concept is the introduction of “virtual companions” on the agentic 3DEXPERIENCE platform, intended to give engineers and operators context-aware, trusted AI assistance.
Industry uptake already underway
Several industrial players are already engaging with the platform. “Through the NVIDIA-Dassault Systèmes collaboration, we gain the computational power to model and optimize our products at scale-accelerating innovation while delivering on our sustainability commitments,” said Cécile Béliot, CEO of Bel Group.
The partnership was announced at 3DEXPERIENCE World, underlining how virtual twins and industrial AI are rapidly becoming central to next-generation engineering and manufacturing strategies.
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