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        NVIDIA has introduced the Omniverse Blueprint, a tool for helping software developers create computer-aided engineering digital twins for industries such as aerospace, automotive, and manufacturing.
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        The Blueprint combines NVIDIA's advanced physics solvers, AI frameworks, and 3D visualization tools, enabling faster simulations and better design optimization. This technology allows users to build digital twins that simulate complex processes, like airflow in virtual wind tunnels, in real time. Companies like Ansys and Luminary Cloud already use it to speed up simulations and significantly improve engineering workflows.&nbsp;
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        This technology works on major cloud platforms and helps developers integrate digital twin capabilities into their tools, advancing the adoption of digital twins across industries.
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 <p>NVIDIA has unveiled the Omniverse Blueprint, a tool developed to assist software developers in creating computer-aided engineering digital twins for several industries including aerospace, automotive, and manufacturing.</p>
 <p>Consolidating NVIDIA's sophisticated physics solvers, AI frameworks, and 3D visualization tools, the Blueprint facilitates accelerated simulations and enhanced design optimization. Leveraging this technology, users are enabled to establish digital twins that can simulate intricate processes such as airflow in virtual wind tunnels, in real-time. Already, companies like Ansys and Luminary Cloud harness this technology to expedite simulations and dramatically enhance engineering workflows.&nbsp;</p>
 <p>Blueprint technology can function on leading cloud platforms, and aids developers in incorporating digital twin functionalities into their tools, fostering the uptake of digital twins in various industries.</p>
 
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 <p>Microsoft has joined forces with the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) in an effort to progress urban planning via digital twin (DT) technology utilizing the Microsoft Azure cloud platform.</p>
 <p>This collaboration, disclosed at the Smart City World Expo 2024 in Barcelona, will provide the ability for cities to apply DT technology for immediate visualization of urban systems, facilitating on-the-spot simulation of traffic flows, the effectiveness of public transport, and environmental aspects in a 3D format.</p>
 
</div> <p><b>Analyst QuickTake:<br>
 </b> In recent times, we have seen several companies engaging in partnerships to offer DT solutions in urban planning and transportation. This includes 1) <a href="https:<br>
//sp-edge.com/updates/31877"> Flow Labs </a> partnering with Geotab ITS to improve traffic management by using freight and commercial vehicle data, 2) <a href="https:<br>
//sp-edge.com/updates/34070"> VIZZIO Technologies </a> partnering with ASRock Industrial to develop smart city solutions by combining 3D city mapping tech with edge computing, and 3)&nbsp; the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore working with <a href="https:<br>
//smartmaritimenetwork.com/2024/07/30/mpa-partners-with-microsoft-for-maritime-it-projects/#:<br>
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text=The%20Maritime%20and,implement%20these%20systems"> Microsoft </a> to optimize vessel routing and reduce emissions and <a href="https:<br>
//www.mpa.gov.sg/media-centre/details/mpa-partners-industry-giants-to-propel-maritime-digital-transformation"> Siemens </a> to digitize maritime operations using DTs.</p>

Microsoft partners with TNO to develop digital twin solutions for urban planning

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 <p>NVIDIA and Rockwell Automation are partnering to incorporate NVIDIA Omniverse APIs into Rockwell's Emulate3D digital twin software. This integration improves factory operations using AI and physics-based simulation technology.</p>
 <p>The integration, set for early 2025, will facilitate the combination of multiple dynamic digital twins and their visualization as a complete factory via a web app. This will allow real-time collaboration and system-level testing. The collaboration will result in hyperscale capabilities, cloud-based deployment options, and vendor-agnostic connectivity for various industries, including consumer packaged goods, food and beverage, life sciences, semiconductor manufacturing, automotive, and material handling.</p>
 
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NVIDIA partners with Rockwell Automation  to integrate Omniverse APIs into its digital twin software

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 <p>Predictive assessment firm Aitia and pharmaceutical company Servier are enhancing their alliance to use AI-driven digital twins technology for developing new drug treatments for gliomas. The cooperation involves the use of Aitia's Gemini DT technology alongside Servier's therapeutic discovery and oncology clinical development proficiency. The objective of the partnership is to discover unique drug targets and formulate drug candidates for glioma. This is the fourth research domain in the companies' alliance, which started in 2022 with multiple myeloma research and subsequently extended to pancreatic cancer and Parkinson's disease research.</p>
 
 <p>Aitia employs causal AI and DT technology for new drug discovery. Its Gemini DT utilizes multi-omic patient data and high-performance computing, offering multiple applications such as new target and biomarker discovery, drug candidate simulation, identifying suitable patient groups for clinical trials, and figuring out the best drug combinations.</p>
 
</div> <p><b>Analyst QuickTake:<br>
 </b> We have recently seen several product collaborations relating to DT in healthcare. In <a href="https:<br>
//sp-edge.com/updates/34071"> July 2024 </a> , Unlearn.AI collaborated with ProJenX to optimize the trial design and data analysis of prosetin as a treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). In <a href="https:<br>
//longevity.technology/news/new-ai-solutions-to-detect-and-combat-dementia-and-cognitive-decline-developed/"> April 2024 </a> , NTT partnered with the National Center for Neurology and Psychiatry to develop DT technology to detect cognitive decline and diseases.</p>

Aitia and Servier expand collaboration to develop AI-powered drugs for brain cancer

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<p>Australia-based digital twin provider Neara raised USD 45 million in Series C funding led by EQT, with participation from Partners Group, Square Peg Capital, Skip Capital, and Prosus Ventures.</p>
 <p>The new funds will accelerate Neara's global operations across the US, UK, Europe, and Asia-Pacific and expand its modeling and simulation capabilities to new infrastructure sectors, including telecommunications and public transportation.</p>

</div> <p><b>Analyst QuickTake:<br>
 </b> Since raising an additional USD 10 million in a Series B extension in <a href="https:<br>
//sp-edge.com/updates/22272"> September 2023 </a> , Naera has expanded its modeling by 50% to cover over 12 million infrastructure assets. This growth aligns with its ongoing strategy to accelerate global expansion.</p>

Neara raises USD 45 million in Series C funding for global expansion

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 <p>Siemens has teamed up with Dutch network company Alliander and subsidiary Liander to enhance distribution grid management through the use of digital twins. The partnership will employ the Siemens' Gridscale X platform to construct a digital representation of Alliander's physical grid, enabling continuous detection, evaluation, and resolution of grid requirements. This will aid Alliander in pinpointing where capacity upgrades are required and assist in making informed investment decisions.</p>
 <p>Moreover, the collaboration has the ambition to extend grid usage in the Netherlands by a margin of 10%–30%. This initiative stands to benefit around 3.5 million energy customers and help overcome energy transition challenges.</p>
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Siemens partners with Alliander to boost Dutch grid management using Gridscale X platform

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  <p>Q Bio, a predictive assessment platforms provider, has named Jeffrey Brewer as its new CEO.</p>
  <p>Prior to Q Bio, Brewer was the founder of Bigfoot Biomedical in 2014, where he served as CEO. The company developed the Bigfoot Unity smart insulin management system. After Abbott's acquisition of Bigfoot Biomedical in September 2023, Brewer became the divisional vice president (VP) for connected systems at Abbott, where he led the post-acquisition integration of Bigfoot.</p>
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 <p>Bentley Systems has formed a collaboration with Google to merge geospatial content with Bentley's software and digital twin platform.</p>
 <p>The collaboration strives to enhance infrastructure design, construction, and operation by merging Bentley's engineering data with Google's geospatial data, AI, analytics, and cloud technologies. This integration will enable engineers to design and manage infrastructure in context and scale, tackling issues like climate risk reduction and aging infrastructure upkeep.</p>
 
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Bentley Systems partners with Google to enhance infrastructure engineering with geospatial data

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<p>Dexory, an AI and robotics firm, has garnered a total of USD 120 million in funding over the past three years, with the recent addition of USD 80 million from a Series B round. The investment round saw participation from DTCP, Latitude Ventures, Wave-X, Bootstrap Europe, and current investors.</p>

<p>The capital will be allocated towards the expansion of AI features on DexoryView platform and the growth of its global team. Further, the funding will accelerate the deployment of autonomous robots and facilitate market expansion in the US. The funds will also enable an improvement in development and production facilities at the company's UK headquarters.</p>

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Dexory raises USD 80 million in Series B funding for expansion

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 <p>Singapore-based provider of 3D mapping solutions, VIZZIO Technologies, has joined hands with ASRock Industrial, a developer of Edge computing solutions. Their collaboration aims to develop digital twin and 3D surveillance applications. </p>
 <p>The team plans to construct smart city and industrial 4.0 applications. The approach involves amalgamation of VIZZIO's AI-driven 3D city mapping and real-time 3D scene rendering with ASRock Industrial's Robust Edge AIoT Platform. The partnership intends to offer features like city-scale digital twin creation, live 3D camera technology, Intel-powered performance, Edge-based video analytics, and scalable smart city solutions. They are looking forward to implementing integrated solutions in pilot projects all over Singapore, Middle East, Southeast Asia, and China.</P>
 <p>VIZZIO Technologies holds expertise in creating 3D visualizations and digital twins using AI and satellite imagery. Their core technology allows the conversion of 2D satellite images to geometrically accurate 3D city models, void of aerial photogrammetry. The US Patent and Trademark Office accredited VIZZIO with two patents for its geospatial 3D mapping technology, during August 2024.</p>
 
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All Updates

NVIDIA launches Omniverse Blueprint for CAE digital twins

Microsoft partners with TNO to develop digital twin solutions for urban planning

NVIDIA partners with Rockwell Automation to integrate Omniverse APIs into its digital twin software

Aitia and Servier expand collaboration to develop AI-powered drugs for brain cancer

Neara raises USD 45 million in Series C funding for global expansion

Siemens partners with Alliander to boost Dutch grid management using Gridscale X platform

Q-Bio appoints Jeffrey Brewer as CEO

Bentley Systems partners with Google to enhance infrastructure engineering with geospatial data

Dexory raises USD 80 million in Series B funding for expansion

VIZZIO Technologies partners with ASRock Industrial for digital twin and 3D surveillance solutions

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