Dassault Systèmes & NVIDIA CEOs: Defining the Future of AI

Dassault Systèmes’s and NVIDIA’s CEOs, Pascal Daloz and Jensen Huang, have shared the stage at 3DEXPERIENCE World in Houston, together announcing a long-term partnership that will define the future of industrial AI. 

Through this strategic collaboration, the two companies will build a shared industrial architecture for mission-critical AI across industries.

The collaboration combines 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 backbone of the agentic 3DEXPERIENCE platform, enabling virtual companions that help professionals make 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."

AI factories across three continents

Central to the partnership is Dassault Systèmes' OUTSCALE brand, which is deploying AI factories across three continents. 

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

According to the companies, NVIDIA is integrating Dassault Systèmes' model-based systems engineering (MBSE) into AI factory design, starting with the NVIDIA Rubin platform and incorporating the NVIDIA Omniverse DSX Blueprint.

The combined infrastructure will power industrial Virtual Twins with NVIDIA open models and libraries, unlocking applications across numerous domains.

In biology and materials science, the NVIDIA BioNeMo platform, paired with Dassault Systèmes' BIOVIA science-validated world models, accelerates 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, allow engineers and designers to predict outcomes in real time.

Applications across global enterprises

In manufacturing and production, DELMIA Virtual Twins, integrated with NVIDIA Omniverse physical AI libraries, enable autonomous, software-defined production systems. 

The 3DEXPERIENCE agentic platform combines NVIDIA Nemotron open models with Dassault Systèmes' Industry World Models to provide virtual companions that deliver industrial insights and decision support at enterprise scale.

Jensen says: "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."

Several multinational corporations are set to deploy the technology. Bel Group is using the NVIDIA-Dassault Systèmes ecosystem to model and optimise product formulations and packaging at scale.

Omron is integrating NVIDIA physical AI frameworks with Dassault Systèmes' Virtual Twin Factory to create digitally-validated production systems. 

Lucid Motors will leverage physics-informed Virtual Twin simulations to advance vehicle and powertrain design, while the National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) uses Virtual Companions to align aircraft Virtual Twins with regulatory compliance.

Grounding AI in physical science

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."

The partnership represents a significant development in industrial AI, combining decades of expertise in virtual modelling with advanced computing capabilities.

Industry analysts suggest that science-validated AI models could transform how enterprises approach product development, manufacturing optimisation and materials discovery across multiple sectors.