Dassault Systèmes & NVIDIA: Joining Forces on Physical AI

Dassault Systèmes and NVIDIA are embarking on a long-term strategic partnership aimed at building a shared industrial architecture for mission-critical AI across industries.

By combining Dassault Systèmes’ Virtual Twin technologies with NVIDIA’s AI infrastructure, open models and accelerated software libraries, the collaboration seeks to create science-validated Industry World Models.

These models form the backbone of the agentic 3DEXPERIENCE platform, enabling virtual companions that help professionals make smarter, faster and more confident 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.”

Virtual twins at industrial scale

Central to the collaboration is Dassault Systèmes’ OUTSCALE brand, which is set to deploy AI factories across three continents.

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

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 to accelerate deployment.

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

• 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
• 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 with high accuracy in real time
• Manufacturing and production: DELMIA Virtual Twins, integrated with NVIDIA Omniverse physical AI libraries, enable autonomous, software-defined production systems that optimise efficiency and resource use
• Virtual companions: The 3DEXPERIENCE agentic platform combines NVIDIA Nemotron open models with Dassault Systèmes’ Industry World Models to provide virtual companions. These companions 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."

Global industry applications

Several global companies stand to benefit from Dassault Systèmes and NVIDIA's flourishing partnership. 

Multinational cheese marketer Bel Group, for example, is set to use the NVIDIA-Dassault Systèmes ecosystem to model and optimise product formulations and packaging at scale, supporting sustainability goals.

Meanwhile, electronics giant Omron integrates NVIDIA physical AI frameworks with Dassault Systèmes’ Virtual Twin Factory to create fully-autonomous, digitally-validated production systems, accelerating time-to-market while enhancing reliability.

Lucid Motors, the US manufacturer of EVs and supplier of advanced electric vehicle powertrains, will leverage physics-informed Digital Twin simulations to advance vehicle and powertrain design, enabling rapid iteration without compromising predictive accuracy.

Elsewhere, the National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR), uses Virtual Companions to align aircraft Virtual Twins with regulatory compliance, reducing certification complexity while 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."