Nvidia and software company Dassault Systèmes are partnering to build an industrial AI platform, combining virtual twin technology with accelerated AI infrastructure.
The partnership was announced today at 3DExperience World, Dassault Systèmes’ annual design and engineering event.
Under the collaboration, Dassault Systèmes’ 3DExperience platform and virtual twin technologies will be integrated with Nvidia’s AI infrastructure, open models and accelerated software libraries to create what the companies described as science-validated “industry world models.”
The models are designed to support large-scale simulation, design and use of complex systems across manufacturing, engineering and life sciences.
“A virtual twin is a scientific, multidisciplinary and multiscale representation that is fully testable under real conditions before anything exists,” Dassault Systèmes’ executive vice president of research and innovation Florence Hu said during a pre-briefing.
Hu said this capability allows companies to holistically validate products before physical deployment and enable industrial transformation from a project’s inception.
“For an aerospace manufacturer designing a new engine, the virtual twin is not just a 3D model. It simulates thermal dynamics, stress, loads and performance under real flight conditions,” she added. “Before a single physical prototype exists, you can know whether it will work and the virtual world allows you to predict maintenance and test any modification.”
Another central feature of the platform is the introduction of “virtual companions,” agentic AI systems embedded in the 3DExperience platform. Hu said these companions act as AI experts that “understand intent, reason with industry world models and orchestrate actions.”
Three of these models have already been developed: Aura for business, Leo for engineering tasks and Marie for scientific use cases.
Hu described the shift as a move from SaaS to “agents as a service,” enabled by Nvidia’s AI models and orchestration tools, and is pitched as a transformative tool.
“Without AI factories at scale, there are no virtual twin factories, no industry world models and no virtual companions,” she said. “This partnership is not just a technology integration, it’s a shared vision for how AI will transform industry through science and validated, trustworthy intelligence.”
The expanded collaboration also reflects Nvidia’s push into physical AI.
The company is adopting Dassault Systèmes’ model-based systems engineering approach to design its own AI factories, starting with the Nvidia Rubin platform and integrating into Nvidia’s Omniverse Blueprint for large-scale AI factory deployment.
“Together with Dassault Systèmes, we’re transforming how millions of researchers, designers and engineers build the world’s largest industries,” Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang said in a press release.
