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At its annual GTC conference in San Jose, NVIDIA announced collaborations with Cadence, Dassault Systemes, PTC, Siemens, and Synopsys to integrate GPU-accelerated computing and agentic AI into design, engineering, and manufacturing processes across the semiconductor, automotive, aerospace, and manufacturing sectors.
NVIDIA Brings AI Agents to the Factory Floor with Major Industrial Software Partners
March 17, 2026
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NVIDIA has announced partnerships with Cadence, Dassault Systemes, PTC, Siemens, and Synopsys to embed GPU-accelerated AI agents into industrial design, engineering, and manufacturing workflows. The announcement at GTC twenty twenty-six signals a major push to bring autonomous AI into the physical industries that drive the global economy.
NVIDIA Teams Up with Industrial Software Giants for AI-Powered Design
NVIDIA has unveiled a sweeping set of partnerships with the world's leading industrial software companies, aiming to bring artificial intelligence agents directly into the workflows that design chips, cars, aeroplanes, and factory floors.At its annual GTC conference in San Jose, NVIDIA announced collaborations with Cadence, Dassault Systemes, PTC, Siemens, and Synopsys to integrate GPU-accelerated computing and agentic AI into design, engineering, and manufacturing processes across the semiconductor, automotive, aerospace, and manufacturing sectors.
AI Agents for Every Stage of Design
Each partner is building AI agents on NVIDIA's NeMo platform and Nemotron open models. Cadence has unveiled a ChipStack AI SuperAgent for semiconductor design and verification. Siemens launched a Fuse EDA AI Agent that manages the entire semiconductor and printed circuit board workflow. Synopsys is developing its AgentEngineer multi-agent framework, while Dassault Systemes introduced role-based Virtual Companions on its 3DEXPERIENCE platform.Real-World Results Already Emerging
Major customers are already seeing dramatic performance gains. Honda is running aerodynamic simulations thirty-four times faster using Synopsys tools on NVIDIA's Grace Blackwell platform. MediaTek has accelerated circuit simulations six-fold with NVIDIA H100 GPUs. Samsung, SK hynix, and TSMC are using tools from multiple partners to streamline chip manufacturing processes.Digital Twins and Factory Automation
The partnerships extend into digital twins and factory automation. Siemens' Digital Twin Composer, built on NVIDIA Omniverse, is enabling companies including Foxconn, HD Hyundai, PepsiCo, and KION to build virtual environments for planning production lines. PTC has connected its Onshape CAD platform to NVIDIA Isaac Sim for robotic system validation.Cloud and Infrastructure Support
Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and Oracle Cloud are all delivering these GPU-accelerated engineering tools at production scale, with Dell Technologies and others providing on-premises systems.Published March 17, 2026 at 12:18am
