Dassault & NVIDIA: A New Foundation for Industrial AI

Dassault Systèmes and NVIDIA have launched a long-term strategic partnership designed to build a shared industrial architecture for mission-critical AI across multiple industries

The collaboration brings together Dassault Systèmes' Virtual Twin technologies with NVIDIA's AI infrastructure, open models and accelerated software libraries to create science-validated Industry World Models.

These models form the foundation of the agentic 3DEXPERIENCE platform, enabling virtual companions that support professionals in making informed decisions across engineering, manufacturing, biology and materials science.

“We are entering an era where AI does not just predict or generate, but understands the real world," explains Pascal Daloz, CEO of Dassault Systèmes.

“When AI is grounded in science, physics and validated industrial knowledge, it becomes a force multiplier for human ingenuity.

“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.”

Deploying AI factories

The partnership centres on Dassault Systèmes' OUTSCALE brand, which plans to deploy AI factories across three continents.

These facilities are designed to run large-scale AI models on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform whilst maintaining data privacy, intellectual property protection and regulatory compliance for customers worldwide.

NVIDIA is incorporating Dassault Systèmes' model-based systems engineering (MBSE) into AI factory design, beginning with the NVIDIA Rubin platform and including the NVIDIA Omniverse DSX Blueprint to speed up deployment.

The combined infrastructure aims to power industrial Virtual Twins with NVIDIA open models and libraries, potentially unlocking applications across a variety of domains.

In biology and materials science, the NVIDIA BioNeMo platform works alongside Dassault Systèmes' BIOVIA science-validated world models to speed up discovery of new molecules, advanced materials and therapeutic solutions.

For design and engineering, SIMULIA AI-driven Virtual Twin physics simulations, enhanced by NVIDIA CUDA-X and AI physics libraries, could allow engineers and designers to predict outcomes with high accuracy in real time.

Transforming manufacturing

DELMIA Virtual Twins, integrated with NVIDIA Omniverse physical AI libraries, could enable autonomous, software-defined production systems that optimise efficiency and resource use.

The 3DEXPERIENCE agentic platform combines NVIDIA Nemotron open models with Dassault Systèmes' Industry World Models to provide virtual companions, which aim to deliver actionable industrial insights, deep contextual understanding and decision support at enterprise scale.

Jensen Huang, Founder and CEO of NVIDIA, is one of physical AI's most vocal proponents, calling it the "next frontier of AI".

He adds: "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."

The partnership aims to enable professionals across multiple sectors to leverage AI-powered tools that understand the physical constraints and scientific principles governing their work, potentially reducing development cycles and improving outcomes.

Early adopters

Several multinational companies are set to benefit from the Dassault Systèmes and NVIDIA partnership.

Bel Group plans to use the NVIDIA-Dassault Systèmes ecosystem to model and optimise product formulations and packaging at scale, supporting sustainability objectives.

Omron is integrating NVIDIA physical AI frameworks with Dassault Systèmes' Virtual Twin Factory to create fully autonomous, digitally validated production systems, potentially accelerating time-to-market whilst enhancing reliability.

Lucid Motors will use physics-informed Digital Twin simulations to advance vehicle and powertrain design, enabling rapid iteration without compromising predictive accuracy.

The National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) is using Virtual Companions to align aircraft Virtual Twins with regulatory compliance, potentially reducing certification complexity whilst preserving data sovereignty.

Philippine de T'Serclaes, Chief Sustainability Officer at Dassault Systèmes, says: "This collaboration is about pioneering technology that understands and transforms the physical world. A pivot moment, where science-based Virtual Twins converge with accelerated computing to drive industrial AI forward. 

"By building Industry World Models, we’re not only innovating but anchoring AI in the laws of physics, biology and materials science."