Industrial AI Viewpoints

Featured here are original and timely articles from ARC analysts and guest writers on Industial AI and its impact on Energy & Manufacturing industries. We dive into technologies such as AI models, machine learning, industry standards, AI use cases, companies driving this technology and more related to Industrial AI. Our goal is to provide readers with clear and concise analyses, opinions, and discussion of Industrial AI trends, technologies, and services.

Jun
12
2026

Craig Resnick — Acquisition or Partnership

Hitachi and Google Cloud Expand Alliance for Physical AI and Cybersecurity

Hitachi and Google Cloud expanded their strategic alliance to strengthen Hitachi’s Forward Deployed Engineers model, enhance HMAX with Gemini Enterprise, and support cybersecurity capabilities for AI-driven threats.

Jun
12
2026

Craig Resnick — Company and Product News

PTC Orbit Connects Product and Asset Data for Lifecycle Intelligence

PTC announced PTC Orbit, a cloud-native asset intelligence solution that uses AI to help unify asset data from PLM, ERP, CRM, IoT, EAM, and FSM systems into a single as-maintained asset view.

Jun
12
2026

Colin Masson — Technology Trends

Geopolitics of the Autonomous Factory: The Hyperscaler Divide, Sovereign Networks, and the Synapse Workforce Shift

The final blog in the series examines how hyperscaler competition, sovereign data spaces, and workforce transformation are reshaping industrial AI strategy.

Jun
12
2026

Larry O'Brien — Company and Product News

Honeywell Introduces Experion Cognition to Advance Autonomous Industrial Operations

Honeywell introduced Experion Cognition, an AI-enabled control system platform designed to help industrial facilities detect abnormal situations, support operators, and advance autonomous control room operations.

Jun
12
2026

Craig Resnick — Company and Product News

PTC Adds Embedded AI Guidance to Creo Design Workflows

PTC released Creo 13 and Creo+ 13.3, introducing Creo AI Assistant and enhancements across CAD, model-based product development, simulation-driven design, and manufacturing workflows.

Jun
11
2026

Larry O'Brien — Technology Trends

Attend ARC's Open Digital Ecosystem Webinar on AI-Augmented HAZOP Analysis on June 25

ARC’s Open Digital Ecosystem webinar on June 25 will bring together ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, and ARC experts to discuss how AI-augmented HAZOP can reduce manual effort, improve hazard detection, and support open, interoperable safety workflows.

Jun
11
2026

Nobuaki Konishi — Company and Product News

Yokogawa Enhances OpreX Collaborative Information Server

Yokogawa has enhanced OpreX Collaborative Information Server with improved CENTUM VP HIS compatibility, expanded OPC UA information model support, and IT security tool integration to support advanced plant monitoring and control.

Jun
11
2026

Colin Masson — Technology Trends

Bits, Atoms, and Autonomy: Unpacking the 2026 Industrial AI Realignment

Recent announcements from NVIDIA, Microsoft, and Siemens point to an industrial AI realignment in which hardware, enterprise software, and engineering context are converging to separate pacesetters from laggards.

Jun
11
2026

Colin Masson — Technology Trends

The Industrial Token Economy: Balancing OpEx Traps, Value-Based Software Tokens, and Edge CapEx Escapes

Industrial AI cost concerns are less a “token apocalypse” than a procurement and architecture challenge that can be managed through local edge compute, secure runtimes, and value-based software licensing.

Jun
10
2026

Colin Masson — Technology Trends

The Enterprise Agent Canvas: Microsoft Re-Architects the Operating System and Cloud Infrastructure for Governed Autonomy (BUILD 2026)

Microsoft’s BUILD 2026 announcements highlight a broader shift from chat-based assistants toward governed enterprise agents, combining semantic data layers, cloud infrastructure, Windows-based execution boundaries, and edge AI hardware.