DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
The virtual companions understand user intent, reason and orchestrate actions across the full life cycle of products and services, from conception to usage and regeneration. Ensuring accuracy, traceability and trust, they simulate behaviours and consequences before anything physically exists.
“ The time has come to put knowledge to work by creating a new kind of teamwork between humans and Virtual Companions to make the invisible visible and the impossible possible before anything physically exists, accelerating innovation cycles while protecting the most critical assets,” said Pascal Daloz, CEO of Dassault Systèmes, during 3DEXPERIENCE World 2026.
Nearly 60 years after Picasso noted that computers“ can only give you answers”, the technology has finally evolved to match our imagination. But as Dassault Systèmes and NVIDIA push the boundaries of physical AI, the core dynamic hasn’ t changed, in that the machine still requires human intent to function.
“ My dream of functional modelling 30 years ago is happening right now,” Gian says.“ Not on a geometric level but with AI-powered prompts and simulation.”
By stepping out of the tedious, manual weeds of engineering and into the role of orchestrators, humans are freed to do what they do best. AI can provide the answers at unprecedented speeds, but humanity retains the most critical job of all – knowing which questions to ask next.
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