Siemens showcased a flurry of new AI technologies and partnerships at the CES show held in Las Vegas this week, in a move the multinational technology company says will support the acceleration of industrial AI across sectors.
“Industrial AI is no longer a feature; it’s a force that will reshape the next century,” Roland Busch, CEO of Siemens AG said during a CES keynote. “Siemens is delivering AI-native capabilities, intelligence embedded end-to-end across design, engineering and operations, to help our customers anticipate issues, accelerate innovation and reduce cost.”
At the center of Siemens’ moves is an expanded partnership with Nvidia to co-develop what the companies call an industrial AI operating system, designed to help customers create and operate physical AI systems.
Under the partnership, Nvidia will provide AI infrastructure, simulation libraries, models and frameworks, while Siemens will contribute industrial software, hardware and domain expertise.
The collaboration will focus on four core areas: AI-native electronic design automation, AI-native simulation, AI-driven adaptive manufacturing and supply chains, and AI factories.
Together, the companies are aiming to build the world’s first fully AI-driven, adaptive manufacturing sites, starting in 2026 with Siemens’ Electronics Factory in Erlangen, Germany.
“Generative AI and accelerated computing have … transform[ed] digital twins from passive simulations into the active intelligence of the physical world,” Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s CEO, said at the conference. “Our partnership with Siemens fuses the world’s leading industrial software with Nvidia’s full-stack AI platform … empowering industries to simulate complex systems in software, then seamlessly automate and operate them in the physical world.”
Digital Twin Composer
Alongside the partnership, Siemens launched the Digital Twin Composer, a platform to “power the industrial metaverse at scale”.
Combining Siemens’ digital twin technology with Nvidia Omniverse simulation libraries and real-time engineering data, companies can use the platform to build and test high-fidelity virtual models of products and processes, applying AI in simulations before making physical changes.
The platform will be available on the Siemens Xcelerator Marketplace in mid-2026; an early customer is PepsiCo.
The beverage company deployed the technology across selected U.S. manufacturing and warehouse facilities. Using Siemens software, Nvidia Omniverse and computer vision, PepsiCo made high-quality recreations of entire plants, simulating operations and identifying up to 90% of potential issues before physical implementation, according to the company.
Industrial AI Copilots
Siemens also unveiled nine new AI-powered industrial copilots across its software portfolio, including Teamcenter, Polarion and Opcenter.
The copilots are designed to streamline product data navigation, automate compliance workflows and optimize manufacturing operations. Siemens said the tools will also help reduce errors, speed regulatory approvals and drive cost savings on the shop floor.
All copilots will be available on the Xcelerator Marketplace.
