NVIDIA and Global Industrial Software Giants Bring Design, Engineering and Manufacturing Into the AI Era

Cadence, Dassault Systèmes, Siemens and Synopsys build NVIDIA-powered AI agents to accelerate complex workflows across industries

Mar. 16, 2026 at 9:11pm

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NVIDIA is partnering with leading industrial software companies like Cadence, Dassault Systèmes, Siemens and Synopsys to bring NVIDIA CUDA-X, Omniverse and GPU-accelerated tools to major manufacturers and tech companies. These solutions are powered by NVIDIA AI infrastructure across cloud providers and OEMs, enabling agentic AI to streamline and orchestrate complex design, engineering and manufacturing workflows.

Why it matters

This collaboration represents a significant shift towards the 'industrial AI era', where physical and autonomous AI agents are fundamentally transforming how industries design, engineer and manufacture products. By uniting its global ecosystem, NVIDIA is delivering a full-stack accelerated computing platform that empowers companies across sectors to rapidly adopt these advanced capabilities and gain a competitive edge.

The details

The industrial software giants are building NVIDIA-powered AI agents to optimize complex workflows across semiconductors, automotive, aerospace, energy and manufacturing. For example, Cadence's ChipStack AI SuperAgent combines accelerated EDA software with agentic orchestration for chip design and verification, while Siemens' Fuse EDA AI Agent autonomously manages the entire semiconductor and PCB workflow. In automotive, companies like Honda, JLR and Mercedes-Benz are using GPU-accelerated simulation from Siemens and Synopsys to dramatically reduce development times. Across industries, organizations are adopting NVIDIA-accelerated tools from these partners to boost productivity, innovation and time-to-market.

  • NVIDIA made the announcement at its GTC conference on March 16, 2026.

The players

NVIDIA

The world leader in AI and accelerated computing, providing the core technologies powering this industrial AI transformation.

Cadence

A leading provider of electronic design automation (EDA) software, building AI agents to streamline semiconductor design and verification workflows.

Dassault Systèmes

A global leader in 3D design, engineering and manufacturing software, developing role-based AI agents to manage workflows across its industrial software portfolio.

Siemens

A major industrial software company, creating an AI agent called Fuse to autonomously orchestrate semiconductor and PCB design to manufacturing.

Synopsys

A key provider of semiconductor design tools, building an AgentEngineer multi-agent framework for chip and system design.

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What they’re saying

“The dawn of a new industrial revolution has arrived, where physical AI and autonomous AI agents are fundamentally reinventing how the world designs, engineers and manufactures.”

— Jensen Huang, Founder and CEO of NVIDIA

What’s next

NVIDIA and its partners are continuing to expand the capabilities of these AI-powered industrial solutions, with plans to integrate them more deeply into cloud platforms, on-premises systems and end-user workflows across a widening range of industries.

The takeaway

This collaboration represents a major milestone in the 'industrial AI era', where advanced AI and accelerated computing are empowering companies to radically transform their design, engineering and manufacturing processes. By uniting its global ecosystem, NVIDIA is delivering a comprehensive platform that will drive the next wave of industrial innovation and competitiveness.