Aegis Software has completed the acquisition of Simio, expanding its manufacturing operations software portfolio to include digital twin simulation and advanced planning and scheduling capabilities.

Rising infrastructure costs, uncertain ROI, and shifting capital market dynamics are forcing technology companies to reassess whether large-scale AI investments could expose them to financial risks reminiscent of past market cycles.

PTC has introduced an AI-enabled parts rationalization capability within Windchill to improve part findability, data consistency, and reuse across enterprise PLM environments.

Apprentice.io has acquired Ganymede to extend its AI-enabled manufacturing platform across research, development, and commercial manufacturing.

Motivair by Schneider Electric has introduced a 2.5-megawatt coolant distribution unit designed to support high-density data centers and scalable AI computing environments.

China’s 2026–2028 industrial policy framework aligns industrial internet platforms and artificial intelligence through coordinated targets for infrastructure, data, models, and agents, accelerating full-chain digital and intelligent transformation across manufacturing.

New survey data challenges the narrative of AI-driven workforce replacement, showing that industrial organizations are prioritizing human augmentation, safety, and knowledge preservation as they deploy Industrial AI.

Boston Dynamics and Google DeepMind have partnered to integrate Gemini Robotics foundation models with the Atlas humanoid platform, advancing the development of Physical Intelligence for industrial applications.

AVEVA has introduced a set of artificial intelligence capabilities within its Unified Engineering solution to support engineering and design workflows.