Dassault Systèmes and NVIDIA have announced a long-term strategic partnership to deliver a scalable industrial artificial intelligence platform that combines Virtual Twins with generative AI. The partnership combines Dassault Systèmes’ industry leadership in model-based systems engineering with NVIDIA’s high-performance AI infrastructure to provide a new foundation for mission-critical AI in the fields of engineering, manufacturing, biology, and materials science.
The joint initiative introduces a shared industrial AI architecture powered by NVIDIA’s accelerated computing technologies and Dassault Systèmes’ Virtual Twin capabilities on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. The platform will use science-validated world models and skilled virtual companions to support professionals in design, simulation and operation with enhanced precision and industrial context.
Driving Industrial AI Adoption at Scale
Under the partnership, Dassault Systèmes will use its brand OUTSCALE to implement AI factories based on the NVIDIA AI infrastructure on three continents. The AI factories are intended to enable the operation of scalable AI models on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform while ensuring data privacy, intellectual property, and sovereignty. NVIDIA, in turn, will integrate Dassault Systèmes’ model-based systems engineering into its platforms, beginning with the NVIDIA Rubin platform and extending to the Omniverse DSX Blueprint for broader industrial AI factory deployment.
The combined infrastructure will enable a range of industrial innovations, including:
- Advancing Biology and Materials Research: NVIDIA BioNeMo™ leveraged with BIOVIA world models to accelerate molecular and material discovery.
- AI-Driven Design and Engineering: Integration of SIMULIA’s AI-based Virtual Twin physics behavior with NVIDIA CUDA-X™ libraries for accurate and rapid engineering predictions.
- Virtual Twins for Every Factory: Use of NVIDIA Omniverse physical AI libraries within DELMIA Virtual Twins to support autonomous, software-defined production systems.
- Virtual Companions to Empower Users: The 3DEXPERIENCE agentic platform combines NVIDIA Nemotron™ open models with Dassault Systèmes’ Industry World Models to deliver trusted, context-aware intelligence at industrial scale.
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Leadership Insight on the Future of Industrial AI
“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.”
“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.”
Partner Perspectives on Innovation Impact
Several industry leaders commented on the broader impact of the collaboration:
- Cécile Béliot, CEO of Bel Group, emphasized computational power for sustainable product optimization.
- Motohiro Yamanishi, President of Industrial Automation at OMRON, highlighted accelerated design-to-deployment confidence.
- Vivek Attaluri, Vice President of Vehicle Engineering at Lucid, underscored enhanced agility and predictive accuracy for automotive innovation.
- Shawn Ehrstein, Director of Emerging Technologies and CAD/CAM at NIAR (Wichita State University), noted the value of Virtual Twin platforms in aviation research and certification alignment.
The partnership was formally introduced at Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE World event in Houston, where Daloz and Huang discussed how the alliance will shape the future of industrial AI.
