Dassault Systèmes and NVIDIA Forge Long-Term Alliance to Build Industrial AI World Models
The partnership seeks to embed AI more deeply into real-world industrial processes by grounding it in physics, engineering, and validated industrial data.
Dassault Systèmes and NVIDIA announced a long-term strategic partnership aimed at creating a shared industrial architecture for mission-critical artificial intelligence across sectors ranging from manufacturing to life sciences.
The collaboration combines Dassault Systèmes’ Virtual Twin technologies with NVIDIA’s AI infrastructure, open models, and accelerated computing platforms to develop what the companies call science-validated “industry World Models.”
The partnership seeks to embed AI more deeply into real-world industrial processes by grounding it in physics, engineering, and validated industrial data. These capabilities will be delivered through Dassault Systèmes’ agentic 3DEXPERIENCE platform, enabling professionals to work with AI-powered virtual companions that provide trusted, context-aware insights.
“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… with confidence.”
NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang described the initiative as a step toward “Physical AI,” adding, “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.”
As part of the deal, Dassault Systèmes’ OUTSCALE unit will deploy AI factories powered by NVIDIA infrastructure across three continents, supporting sovereign cloud requirements such as data privacy and IP protection. NVIDIA, in turn, is adopting Dassault Systèmes’ model-based systems engineering to design its own AI factories.
Industry partners, including Bel Group, OMRON, Lucid, and the National Institute for Aviation Research highlighted how the combined technologies could accelerate innovation, sustainability, and automation.
The partnership was unveiled at 3DEXPERIENCE World in Houston, where executives from both companies outlined their shared vision for scalable, trustworthy industrial AI.
"Agility, speed of innovation and rapid iteration are at the core of our work flows, and our exploration of Virtual Twin AI-based physics, powered by NVIDIA’s open-source physics informed AI models, has the potential to help our teams move from concept to production faster than ever before, without sacrificing predictive accuracy," said Vivek Attaluri, Vice President of Vehicle Engineering at Lucid.
“Through the NVIDIA-Dassault Systèmes collaboration, we gain the computational power to model and optimize our products at scale-accelerating innovation while delivering on our sustainability commitments,” said Cécile Béliot, CEO of Bel Group.
