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  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
  },
  "cite_as": "Newsprint, \"Simio: what it sells, price and AI features\", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/simio/, updated 2026-11-11",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
  "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/simio/",
  "markdown_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/simio.md",
  "title": "Simio: what it sells, price and AI features",
  "opening_answer": "Simio is on the AI manufacturing operations software map. We record 2 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated Sept. 23, 2026.",
  "period": "Jan. 27 to Sept. 23, 2026",
  "methodology_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology",
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    "slug": "simio",
    "name": "Simio",
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    "site": "https://www.simio.com/",
    "summary": "\"Transform Your Operations with Intelligent Digital Twin Simulation.\" Simio builds discrete event simulation models of plants and runs them as an advanced planning and scheduling (APS) tool for risk-based dynamic scheduling, plus an AI optimization option. Process engineers and planners buy it. Part of Aegis Software since January 2026.",
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    "categories": [
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    ],
    "status": "active",
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    "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
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    "merged_into": null,
    "category_names": [
      "Digital twins and simulation"
    ]
  },
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  "dated_product_launches": 0,
  "undated_launches": 0,
  "launches_data_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/data/launches.json",
  "count": 0,
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  "indexed": true,
  "summary": {
    "text": "\"Transform Your Operations with Intelligent Digital Twin Simulation.\" Simio builds discrete event simulation models of plants and runs them as an advanced planning and scheduling (APS) tool for risk-based dynamic scheduling, plus an AI optimization option. Process engineers and planners buy it. Part of Aegis Software since January 2026.",
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      "url": "https://www.simio.com/"
    },
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  },
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      "map": "manufacturing-operations-software",
      "title": "The AI manufacturing operations software map",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/manufacturing-operations-software/#co-simio",
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      "name": "Simio",
      "site": "https://www.simio.com/",
      "category": "Digital twins and simulation",
      "what": "\"Transform Your Operations with Intelligent Digital Twin Simulation.\" Simio builds discrete event simulation models of plants and runs them as an advanced planning and scheduling (APS) tool for risk-based dynamic scheduling, plus an AI optimization option. Process engineers and planners buy it. Part of Aegis Software since January 2026.",
      "what_source": {
        "name": "simio.com",
        "url": "https://www.simio.com/"
      },
      "price": "not published; trial edition and free academic licenses",
      "price_published": false,
      "capabilities": {
        "label": "AI capabilities",
        "items": [
          "Assistant",
          "MCP or agent API",
          "AI scheduling",
          "Digital twin and simulation"
        ]
      },
      "scale_tier": 2,
      "scale": "Established: a public parent, or a disclosed customer base (Owned by Aegis Software since January 2026; the Aegis release says the deal will help Aegis grow its solutions to serve over 2,200 factories, and that Simio is part of the curriculum at more than 500 higher education institutions.)",
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        {
          "name": "simio.com",
          "url": "https://www.simio.com/blog"
        },
        {
          "name": "simio.com",
          "url": "https://www.simio.com/blog/5-ways-to-use-ai-in-simulation-modeling"
        },
        {
          "name": "simio.com",
          "url": "https://www.simio.com/blog/simio-release-version-20-advanced-simulation-software-capabilities"
        },
        {
          "name": "iconnect007.com",
          "url": "https://iconnect007.com/article/148579/aegis-software-completes-acquisition-of-simio/148576/aep"
        },
        {
          "name": "iconnect007.com",
          "url": "https://iconnect007.com/article/151708/aegis-software-introduces-aipowered-interaction-for-process-simulation-and-planning-in-simio/151705/"
        }
      ],
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  "timeline": [
    {
      "id": "event-1",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/simio/#event-1",
      "on": "2026-09-23",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Simio adds built-in MCP support for generative AI tools",
      "summary": "Aegis announced built-in Model Context Protocol support in Simio Release 20.294 or later. Teams can connect Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot CLI, OpenCode or other MCP tools to explain models, troubleshoot errors, run experiments and ask which orders finished late and why.",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI manufacturing operations software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/manufacturing-operations-software/#co-simio"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Aegis release (Business Wire)",
        "url": "https://www.financialcontent.com/article/bizwire-2026-9-23-aegis-software-introduces-ai-powered-interaction-for-process-simulation-and-planning-in-simio"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-2",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/simio/#event-2",
      "on": "2026-01-27",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Aegis Software completes acquisition of Simio",
      "summary": "Aegis Software, an MES provider, finished buying Simio, which sells digital twin simulation and advanced planning and scheduling software. Simio's founder stays a shareholder.",
      "kind": "Acquisition",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI manufacturing operations software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/manufacturing-operations-software/#co-simio"
      },
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        "name": "MMH",
        "url": "https://www.mmh.com/article/mes_software_provider_aegis_software_completes_acquisition_of_simio"
      }
    }
  ]
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