NVIDIA just made its biggest enterprise AI bet yet. The chipmaker announced a sweeping strategic partnership with Dassault Systèmes, the French industrial software giant, to build what they're calling Industry World Models - AI systems grounded in physics that can simulate everything from drug molecules to entire factories. The deal positions NVIDIA's infrastructure as the backbone for mission-critical industrial AI while Dassault adopts NVIDIA's tech to design next-generation AI factories. It's a rare two-way partnership that could reshape how manufacturers, pharma companies, and engineers deploy AI at scale.
NVIDIA and Dassault Systèmes are betting the future of industrial AI won't run on generic chatbots but on physics-validated simulations that understand the real world. The two companies announced their partnership today at 3DEXPERIENCE World in a joint appearance by NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and Dassault CEO Pascal Daloz.
The core idea: marry Dassault's Virtual Twin technology - digital replicas of physical systems used across aerospace, automotive, and manufacturing - with NVIDIA's accelerated computing stack. The result is what they're calling Industry World Models, AI systems trained not just on text but on decades of validated scientific and engineering data. "We are entering an era where artificial intelligence does not just predict or generate, but understands the real world," Daloz said in prepared remarks. "When AI is grounded in science, physics and validated industrial knowledge, it becomes a force multiplier for human ingenuity."
Huang framed it as the next evolution of AI. "Physical AI is the next frontier of artificial intelligence, grounded in the laws of the physical world," the NVIDIA founder told attendees. "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."
