The German industrial group Siemens and the US chip giant Nvidia are significantly expanding their cooperation in the area of artificial intelligence.
Jan 7, 2026, 3:42 amJan 7, 2026, 3:42 am
In the keynote speech at the opening of the CES technology trade fair, Siemens CEO Roland Busch, together with Nvidia boss Jensen Huang, announced several initiatives to not only use AI to simulate work processes and design changes, but also to bring the use of AI more into physical reality. “We are at the beginning of a new industrial revolution,” said Huang.
Siemens wants to focus more on AI and cooperate with Nvidia.Image: keystone
One of the specific innovations is the “Digital Twin Composer”. This is a new tool that companies can use to create physically correct, virtual images (digital twins) of their factories and products. Engineers should use it to simulate entire factories in real time, train robots virtually and solve problems before the real factory is even built.
Both companies declared their goal to jointly create a type of operating system for the use of artificial intelligence in industry. Siemens supplies the specialist knowledge of industrial processes, the automation hardware and the software. Nvidia, in turn, contributes the AI infrastructure and a simulation platform with its chips.
Busch said that with the new tools it is possible not only to record the aerodynamics of the vehicles in a virtual wind tunnel when designing trains or cars, but also to use AI to develop concrete suggestions for optimizing the design.
Siemens is working with the US Facebook group Meta on another innovation. These are smart glasses that allow industrial workers to receive AI-supported instructions directly into their field of vision or onto their ears while they work on machines.
With CEO Busch’s statements in Las Vegas, Siemens is positioning itself more strongly as a technology provider for industrial AI and digitalized production – away from the classic mechanical engineering company and towards a “tech partner for AI in the real world”. (sda/dpa)