MARY BARRA
AI & ML
MARY BARRA
TITLE: CHAIR AND CEO COMPANY: GM INDUSTRY: AUTOMOTIVE
Automotive industry veteran who became GM’ s first female CEO in 2014. Led GM’ s transition toward electric vehicles and autonomous driving technologies.
compute platforms, including Omniverse with Nvidia Cosmos, to train AI models for operations and robotics.
“ GM has enjoyed a longstanding partnership with Nvidia, leveraging its GPUs across our operations,” said Mary Barra, Chair and CEO of the automotive giant.“ AI not only optimises manufacturing processes and accelerates virtual testing but also helps us build smarter vehicles while empowering our workforce to focus on craftsmanship.”
AI ecosystem expansion Nvidia has continued to expand the Omniverse ecosystem, with recent announcements revealing partnerships with major technology and industrial firms. Companies including Accenture, Ansys, Cadence, Databricks, Dematic, Hexagon, Omron, SAP, Schneider Electric with ETAP and Siemens are now connecting Omniverse to leading software tools, extending the platform’ s reach across industries.
This growth in partnerships reflects the versatility of the technology beyond automotive applications. The platform’ s ability to create detailed simulations of physical environments has implications for AI development and automation in sectors ranging from logistics and warehousing to energy management and urban planning.
The expansion includes four new blueprints enabling robotready environments and large-scale synthetic data generation – capabilities that address critical challenges in
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