Schneider Electric to acquire Cognite for $3.1billion
Schneider Electric to acquire Cognite for $3.1billion Well, well, well. Schneider Electric just announced that it will acquire Cognite Holding in an all-cash transaction valued at $3.1 billion, and will “integrate the industrial artificial intelligence software...
PLM earnings check: AI, tariffs, and longer sales cycles
PLM earnings check: AI, tariffs, and longer sales cycles Earnings season kicked off last week. No true PLM heavyweights yet, but enough software and industrial results to start looking at sales and demand trends. And some interesting bits and pieces. Fasten your...
Polymer printing, virtual factories, and a $5 billion bet on physical AI
Polymer printing, virtual factories, and a $5 billion bet on physical AI I haven’t had time for a full news roundup lately, but here are a few items that caught my eye—presented in no particular order: 3D Systems is reshaping its software portfolio, announcing plans...
Quick catchup: Ajai Gopal to join Procore, Desktop Metal finds a home, CAE partners merge, more AI
Quick catchup: Ajai Gopal to join Procore, Desktop Metal finds a home, CAE partners merge, more AI A lot is going on (is there ever not?), so here are a few bits and pieces you might find interesting: I don’t usually write about executive transitions, but this...
Bentley goes Blyncsy for AI
Bentley goes Blyncsy for AI (Sorry – I’m truly terrible at headlines.) Do you remember // did you listen to Bentley’s Q4 earnings call? CEO Greg Bentley was very excited about the potential of the company’s asset analytics offerings, specifically its 2023...
AU 2023: Focus on platforms, granularity and AI
AU 2023: Focus on platforms, granularity and AI Ah, Autodesk University. Thousands of people and too few escalators. Designers and makers and architects and construction teams, all in one place. Las Vegas, usually prettying itself up for holiday visitors at this time...
How close are we, really, to AI in PLM?
How close are we, really, to AI in PLM? (Newsletter subscribers: sorry if you’re seeing this twice. The first one went out with weird formatting.) Did you hear the news yesterday? My local radio station advised me NOT to rely on Siri and Alexa for help if I need...
4 on a Monday: ESI to become part of Keysight Technologies; Hexagon and Cadence acquire; and the cost of AI to you and the developer
4 on a Monday: ESI to become part of Keysight Technologies; Hexagon and Cadence acquire; and the cost of AI to you and the developer ESI announced that Keysight Technologies would acquire it in two stages for about EU 913 million. For those keeping track, that’s...

