# Simio: what it sells, price and AI features

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/simio/
Covers: Jan. 27 to Sept. 23, 2026
Updated: 2026-11-11
License: CC BY 4.0, 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

> 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.

"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. Source: [simio.com](https://www.simio.com/).

## Facts

- Site: [simio.com](https://www.simio.com/)
- Category: Digital twins and simulation
- Status: Active

## On the research maps

### [The AI manufacturing operations software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/manufacturing-operations-software/#co-simio)

"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. Source: [simio.com](https://www.simio.com/).

- Category: Digital twins and simulation
- Price: not published; trial edition and free academic licenses
- AI capabilities: Assistant, MCP or agent API, AI scheduling and Digital twin and simulation
- 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.)

Sources: [simio.com](https://www.simio.com/), [simio.com](https://www.simio.com/blog), [simio.com](https://www.simio.com/blog/5-ways-to-use-ai-in-simulation-modeling), [simio.com](https://www.simio.com/blog/simio-release-version-20-advanced-simulation-software-capabilities), [iconnect007.com](https://iconnect007.com/article/148579/aegis-software-completes-acquisition-of-simio/148576/aep), [iconnect007.com](https://iconnect007.com/article/151708/aegis-software-introduces-aipowered-interaction-for-process-simulation-and-planning-in-simio/151705/) and [6 more on the map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/manufacturing-operations-software/#co-simio).

## Launches and dated events, newest first

### Simio adds built-in MCP support for generative AI tools

Launch, Sept. 23, 2026. 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.

Source: [Aegis release (Business Wire)](https://www.financialcontent.com/article/bizwire-2026-9-23-aegis-software-introduces-ai-powered-interaction-for-process-simulation-and-planning-in-simio). From [the AI manufacturing operations software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/manufacturing-operations-software/#co-simio).

### Aegis Software completes acquisition of Simio

Acquisition, Jan. 27, 2026. 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.

Source: [MMH](https://www.mmh.com/article/mes_software_provider_aegis_software_completes_acquisition_of_simio). From [the AI manufacturing operations software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/manufacturing-operations-software/#co-simio).

## Methodology and corrections

How we track launches, and how to report an error: https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology