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Command palette. 14 hours ago European industrial leaders are expanding the use of NVIDIA CUDA-X, Omniverse, Cosmos and Nemotron across engineering, simulation, manufacturing and factory operations, signaling a broad shift toward AI-driven industrial workflows. The moves, highlighted around GTC Berlin, position NVIDIA's open models, acceleration libraries and digital-twin tools as core infrastructure for companies seeking higher productivity, faster innovation and more efficient production. A major element of the announcement is the early-access availability on GitHub of the NVIDIA Factory Operations Blueprint, known as FOX. The blueprint gives developers a path to build always-on factory manager agents that can coordinate work across machines and support specialist tasks such as visual inspection, root cause analysis, report generation and fleet management. These agents can connect to frontier models such as Cosmos and Nemotron, as well as to foundational industrial systems including computer-aided design, product lifecycle management, simulation software, and IT and operational technology platforms. By correlating visual findings with machine logs, they can monitor operations in real time, investigate issues and coordinate responses. Cosmos in-context learning allows agents to adapt using examples and documentation without fine-tuning. Siemens is a central partner in this ecosystem, integrating FOX-based agents into its Intelligence Center X agentic enterprise system to identify root causes and coordinate factory operations, with estimated cost savings of 20 percent. Siemens' Process Preparation X agents also use NVIDIA Cosmos Data Factory tools to generate defect images for circuit-board inspection. At the company's Erlangen electronics factory, this approach has reduced inspection-process calibration time by 40 percent. The broader announcement covers accelerated engineering from early design through production planning. NVIDIA CUDA-X libraries are speeding simulation workloads, giving engineers faster feedback on structural stress, fluid flow, electromagnetic behavior and semiconductor performance. Mercedes-Benz is using Siemens' Simcenter STAR-CCM+ on NVIDIA GPUs to compare vehicle designs through faster aerodynamic simulations, while also applying NVIDIA Cosmos 3 and the Metropolis VSS blueprint to build agents for vehicle inspection and windshield assembly verification. Cadence is benchmarking automotive fluid-dynamics workloads, and Autodesk is bringing NVIDIA PhysicsNeMo and Warp frameworks into its simulation tools to help designers predict performance and iterate more quickly. In semiconductors, imec and Infineon are using Synopsys software with NVIDIA accelerated computing to speed simulation workloads, reporting benchmark results of up to 40x for S-Litho and 12x for 3D breakdown simulation. In aerospace, Leonardo is working with Neural Concept to combine aircraft geometry and aerodynamic simulation results using Omniverse. Car manufacturers are also using Dassault Systèmes' LEO and AURA virtual companions, powered by Nemotron and integrated with CATIA and SIMULIA AI agents, to design and virtually test vehicle components before building physical prototypes. A major theme is virtual validation of factories, robots and AI infrastructure. NVIDIA Omniverse and Isaac libraries are enabling digital twins that let manufacturers test production systems and robot behavior before changing the factory floor. Audi is using an Omniverse-based battery-production digital twin to test concepts before equipment is available, and is working with Dassault Systèmes and Agile Robots to simulate mobile humanoid robots and logistics processes. Schaeffler is integrating digital twins of humanoid actuators with Isaac simulation frameworks, while Wandelbots is using NOVA with Isaac Sim to validate assembly workflows digitally. The pattern extends to industrial facilities and AI data centers. Falkor, a Kongsberg company, is combining agents, Omniverse and Microsoft Azure virtual machines with NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs to support spatial intelligence for inspection and maintenance in process and energy industries. Schneider Electric, together with AVEVA, is developing an AI factory digital twin with Nscale to compare power, cooling and equipment configurations before deployment.

Swiss company Neural Concept establishes direct presence in India to accelerate ai-native engineering across automotive and manufacturing. * admin@cb26 * September 10, 2026 * 0 Comments * 21 Views Business Wire India The leading Swiss AI-native technology company for physical product design trusted by the world's top OEMs and industrial manufacturers expands in Bengaluru and Pune to deepen engagement with India's automotive and engineering R&D ecosystem The expansion builds on Neural Concept's existing work with Indian customers and India-based teams at global manufacturers, including MAHLE Sudhir Padaki joins as Regional Sales Director, bringing 20 years of industry experience across India's automotive and manufacturing sector Neural Concept, the Swiss AI-native technology company, today announced the establishment of a direct commercial presence in India, with teams based in Bengaluru and Pune, marking the company's first official, dedicated footprint in the country. The move follows growing demand from Indian and global manufacturers already using the Engineering Intelligence platform in the region, including MAHLE, and gives them direct access to local commercial support, training and coordination with Neural Concept's global engineering expertise as they scale AI across design and simulation workflows. Electrification mandates, sustainability requirements and intensifying competition from Chinese OEMs are increasing the pressure on India's automotive and industrial sector to shorten R&D cycles while developing increasingly complex products. At the same time, engineering AI is bringing agents into product-development workflows, automating tasks across design and simulation. This enables teams to explore and assess a broader range of options earlier in development, accelerating end-to-end design. With India being among the world's leading AI-adoption markets over the coming decade, the expansion reflects Neural Concept's strategic commitment to a country whose teams are increasingly shaping products for global markets. "India is becoming a powerhouse for global engineering R&D, and Neural Concept is investing where talent, ambition and industrial scale are converging," said Pierre Baqué, CEO and Co-Founder at Neural Concept. "By establishing a direct presence, we are bringing our Engineering Intelligence platform closer to one of the world's most dynamic automotive and manufacturing R&D ecosystems. We want to help the engineers and manufacturers on the ground move from isolated AI experimentation to measurable impact across product development while giving them ownership of the intelligence driving their designs." India is the world's third-largest automotive market, projected to reach $278.5 billion by 2034. The country also adds roughly 1.5 million engineering graduates annually to an English-speaking workforce, and major global manufacturers operate significant engineering centers across the country. "Indian OEMs and engineering teams across the country are increasingly contributing to product programs with global reach, and they need partners who understand the local context," said Sudhir Padaki, Regional Sales Director, India at Neural Concept. "By combining strong local relationships with Neural Concept's global engineering expertise, our team will help customers onboard efficiently and deploy AI across design and simulation workflows." The India expansion builds on Neural Concept's continued global growth, including its offices in Munich, New York and Seoul, and its $100 million Series C funding round led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives. The move puts Neural Concept closer to both its customers and the innovation ecosystems shaping the future of product design. About Neural Concept Neural Concept provides the intelligence layer for engineering, enabling companies to design and develop complex, high-performance products faster and more efficiently. Its AI-native platform embeds physics-aware intelligence directly into design and simulation workflows, empowering engineering teams to make continuous, AI-augmented decisions at every stage of product design. Founded in 2019, Neural Concept serves leading OEMs and engineering organizations across automotive, aerospace, energy, consumer electronics, semiconductors and defense. Headquartered in Switzerland, the company has a growing global presence including offices in Munich, New York, Seoul and now India (Bengaluru and Pune), and is backed by global investors, including Goldman Sachs, Forestay Capital and D. E. Shaw Group. Visit https://www.neuralconcept.com View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260909281336/en/ Business Wire India * The leading Swiss AI-native technology company for physical product design trusted by the world's top OEMs and industrial manufacturers expands in Bengaluru and Pune to deepen engagement with India's automotive and engineering R&D ecosystem * The expansion builds on Neural Concept's existing work with Indian customers and India-based teams at global manufacturers, including MAHLE * Sudhir Padaki joins as Regional Sales Director, bringing 20 years of industry experience across India's automotive and manufacturing sector Neural Concept, the Swiss AI-native technology company, today announced the establishment of a direct commercial presence in India, with teams based in Bengaluru and Pune, marking the company's first official, dedicated footprint in the country. The move follows growing demand from Indian and global manufacturers already using the Engineering Intelligence platform in the region, including MAHLE, and gives them direct access to local commercial support, training and coordination with Neural Concept's global engineering expertise as they scale AI across design and simulation workflows. Electrification mandates, sustainability requirements and intensifying competition from Chinese OEMs are increasing the pressure on India's automotive and industrial sector to shorten R&D cycles while developing increasingly complex products. At the same time, engineering AI is bringing agents into product-development workflows, automating tasks across design and simulation. This enables teams to explore and assess a broader range of options earlier in development, accelerating end-to-end design. With India being among the world's leading AI-adoption markets over the coming decade, the expansion reflects Neural Concept's strategic commitment to a country whose teams are increasingly shaping products for global markets. "India is becoming a powerhouse for global engineering R&D, and Neural Concept is investing where talent, ambition and industrial scale are converging," said Pierre Baqué, CEO and Co-Founder at Neural Concept. "By establishing a direct presence, we are bringing our Engineering Intelligence platform closer to one of the world's most dynamic automotive and manufacturing R&D ecosystems. We want to help the engineers and manufacturers on the ground move from isolated AI experimentation to measurable impact across product development while giving them ownership of the intelligence driving their designs." India is the world's third-largest automotive market, projected to reach $278.5 billion by 2034. The country also adds roughly 1.5 million engineering graduates annually to an English-speaking workforce, and major global manufacturers operate significant engineering centers across the country. "Indian OEMs and engineering teams across the country are increasingly contributing to product programs with global reach, and they need partners who understand the local context," said Sudhir Padaki, Regional Sales Director, India at Neural Concept. "By combining strong local relationships with Neural Concept's global engineering expertise, our team will help customers onboard efficiently and deploy AI across design and simulation workflows." The India expansion builds on Neural Concept's continued global growth, including its offices in Munich, New York and Seoul, and its $100 million Series C funding round led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives. The move puts Neural Concept closer to both its customers and the innovation ecosystems shaping the future of product design. About Neural Concept Neural Concept provides the intelligence layer for engineering, enabling companies to design and develop complex, high-performance products faster and more efficiently. Its AI-native platform embeds physics-aware intelligence directly into design and simulation workflows, empowering engineering teams to make continuous, AI-augmented decisions at every stage of product design. Founded in 2019, Neural Concept serves leading OEMs and engineering organizations across automotive, aerospace, energy, consumer electronics, semiconductors and defense. Headquartered in Switzerland, the company has a growing global presence including offices in Munich, New York, Seoul and now India (Bengaluru and Pune), and is backed by global investors, including Goldman Sachs, Forestay Capital and D. E. Shaw Group.