{ "updated": "2026-11-11", "sources_read": "2026-11-11", "read": "11 November 2026", "window": { "from": "2025-05-01", "to": "2026-11-11" }, "what": "Every dated event we could put a source against for the companies on the map, between the window's first and last day: launches, funding, acquisitions, partnerships, rebrands, shutdowns, laws and rules, research. Each `src` is a page that prints the event's date, read when the event was logged. A second, independent read went back to that page and checked the date, the claim, `mode` (assist, agent, always_on), `status` (announced, preview, beta, live) and `human` (what a person still does) against it. `verified` says what it found: `confirmed` (the event held as logged) or `corrected` (the second read fixed the date, source, wording or labels to match the source). `read` gives when we read the sources. A `note`, where there is one, says how the source dates or qualifies the event. No date is inferred.", "kinds": { "launch": "Product launch", "funding": "Funding", "acquisition": "Acquisition", "partnership": "Partnership", "rebrand": "Rebrand", "shutdown": "Shutdown", "legal": "Law or rule", "research": "Research" }, "events": [ { "co": "ABB Genix Industrial IoT and AI Suite", "d": "2025-05-04", "t": "ABB adds Genix APM Copilot to Genix Asset Performance Management", "desc": "Genix APM Copilot adds large language models and generative AI, running on Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service, to Genix APM. Users chat or speak in natural language to retrieve and analyze asset data and speed root-cause investigation.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot", "insights", "predictive" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.abb.com/global/en/company/innovation/news/generative-ai-in-apm", "srcname": "Vendor article", "conf": "medium", "note": "The article prints 2025-05-04 as its date; it may be a republished ABB research article, so the launch itself may be earlier.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "IPercept", "d": "2025-05-05", "t": "IPercept raises EUR 5M to scale its predictive AI platform", "desc": "Luminar Ventures led the round, with RunwayFBU, Backstage Invest, AI.Fund and existing investors including J12.", "k": "funding", "major": true, "src": "https://www.ipercept.com/en/news/ipercept-raises-eu5m-to-scale-its-predictive-ai-platform-for-manufacturing-teams", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed", "caps": [] }, { "co": "LandingLens", "d": "2025-05-06", "t": "LandingAI joins Snowflake's automotive solutions", "desc": "LandingAI made its visual AI platform available natively through Snowflake's automotive solutions, for defect detection and assembly verification in manufacturing.", "k": "partnership", "major": false, "src": "https://landing.ai/news/landingai-powers-visual-ai-for-automotive-manufacturers-with-snowflake-cortex-ai", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "note": "The news index prints the date; the release page itself prints no date.", "verified": "corrected", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Musashi AI", "d": "2025-05-06", "t": "Musashi AI updates Cendiant Inspect and the Automated Shaft Inspector", "desc": "The update adds a surface inspection model for chatter defects on camshafts and similar parts, with results close to dedicated optical shaft measurement machines.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "vision" ], "major": false, "mode": "assist", "status": "announced", "src": "https://www.roboticstomorrow.com/news/2025/05/06/-musashi-ai-introduces-surface-inspection-ai-software-upgrades/24711", "srcname": "Vendor release via Robotics Tomorrow", "conf": "high", "note": "Release says the updates will be introduced at Automate 2025.", "verified": "corrected" }, { "co": "Siemens Industrial Copilot", "d": "2025-05-12", "t": "Siemens introduces industrial AI agents behind its copilots", "desc": "Siemens introduced industrial AI agents that run behind its Industrial Copilots, with an orchestrator for specialized agents and a planned agent marketplace on Siemens Xcelerator. The copilots named are Design, Planning, Engineering, Operations and Services (Senseye).", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "copilot", "maint_work" ], "major": true, "mode": "agent", "status": "announced", "human": "People handle complex problem-solving; agents run routine steps", "src": "https://news.siemens.com/en-us/ai-agents-manufacturing", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "corrected" }, { "co": "Siemens Insights Hub", "d": "2025-05-13", "t": "Siemens says its Operations Copilot is available on Insights Hub", "desc": "At Automate 2025 Siemens said the Operations Copilot, which gives holistic insights into the entire plant, is currently available for Insights Hub. It planned a shop floor version for the end of 2025.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot", "insights" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.plantautomation-technology.com/index.php/technology-exclusives/press-releases/siemens-introduces-ai-agents-for-industrial-automation", "srcname": "Plant Automation Technology (press release copy)", "conf": "medium", "note": "Trade copy dated 13 May 2025 of a Siemens release; other Siemens pages in the same release say the Operations Copilot was planned for end of 2025, so the status is stated per the release's own availability table.", "verified": "corrected" }, { "co": "TrackWise", "d": "2025-05-14", "t": "Honeywell launches AI-assisted TrackWise Recall Management", "desc": "A cloud platform that takes a manufacturer through a recall from first signal to resolution, narrows the affected batches and automates recall workflows.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "quality_events" ], "major": false, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.honeywell.com/us/en/news/press-releases/2025/mm/honeywell-ai-assisted-recall-software", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "medium", "note": "The release calls it AI-assisted but does not name the AI techniques.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "MasterControl Manufacturing Excellence", "d": "2025-05-15", "t": "Master Template Generator beta for batch records", "desc": "MasterControl released the beta of Master Template Generator for the Mx Production Records module. Users convert a paper batch record to a digital one, generate templates and revise batch records through chat.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot", "instructions" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "beta", "src": "https://www.mastercontrol.com/news/master-template-generator-beta-life-sciences-manufacturing/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "akeno", "d": "2025-05-15", "t": "akeno raises EUR 4.5M seed", "desc": "Seed round led by Cusp Capital with TS Ventures and another.vc to scale its AI production planning software and enter new industries.", "k": "funding", "major": true, "src": "https://tech.eu/2025/05/15/akeno-raises-eur45m-for-real-time-ai-based-production-planning-software/", "srcname": "Tech.eu", "conf": "high", "note": "akeno's own journal lists a news item on the same date.", "verified": "confirmed", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Körber PAS-X MES", "d": "2025-05-20", "t": "Körber unveils PAS-X K.AI and PAS-X MES 3.4", "desc": "At its Software Pharma Open conference Körber unveiled PAS-X K.AI, \"a web-based AI chatbot that simplifies the operation and management of PAS-X MES software products\", and PAS-X MES 3.4 with AI support.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "announced", "src": "https://www.koerber.com/en/about-us/news-and-press/software-pharma-open-conference-pas-x-mes-system/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "note": "The release calls K.AI a new addition; it prints no shipping date.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "AspenTech AVA", "d": "2025-05-22", "t": "Emerson describes AVA advisor for Aspen PIMS and DMC3", "desc": "The Aspen Virtual Advisor lets users ask natural-language questions to find process bottlenecks or ways to reach goals, using Aspen PIMS planning and Aspen DMC3 adaptive control.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot", "process_opt" ], "major": false, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.emerson.com/en-us/news/2025/05-emerson-expanded-ai-portfolio-paves-the-way-for-more-optimized-autonomous-operations", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "medium", "note": "The release uses the present tense and gives no release date.", "verified": "corrected" }, { "co": "Litmus Edge", "d": "2025-05-29", "t": "Litmus MCP Server connects AI tools to Litmus Edge", "desc": "Litmus described its official MCP server, a bridge between large language models and Litmus Edge. It is open source and works with Claude Desktop, VS Code and Cursor.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot", "mcp" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://litmus.io/blog/industrial-iot-with-litmus-mcp-server", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "medium", "note": "Date is the blog post date; no separate press release found.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "AlisQI", "d": "2025-06", "t": "AlisQI adds an opt-in AI assistant for no-code quality setups", "desc": "An AI assistant helps users build expressions for no-code quality configurations. It is opt-in.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot" ], "major": false, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.alisqi.com/en/blog/the-alisqi-application-2025-product-evolution-in-quality-management-software", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "medium", "note": "The blog (2025-12-23) prints the month only.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Datanomix", "d": "2025-06-04", "t": "AI added to FactoryMate, TMAC ai and G-Code Cloud", "desc": "Datanomix announced expanded AI across its portfolio: FactoryMate as a digital floor supervisor, TMAC ai for process control and AI error checks in G-Code Cloud + DNC.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot", "insights", "predictive" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://datanomix.io/2025/06/03/datanomix-expands-ai-capabilities-to-help-manufacturers-tackle-labor-shortages-and-drive-smart-production/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "note": "Release body is dated June 4, 2025; the page header prints June 3.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Manex AI", "d": "2025-06-04", "t": "Manex AI closes EUR 8 million seed round", "desc": "Manex AI closed an EUR 8 million seed round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and BlueYard Capital for its manufacturing optimization agents.", "k": "funding", "major": true, "src": "https://iconnect007.com/article/145610/manex-ai-closes-8-million-seed-round-to-enable-autonomous-factories/145607/smt", "srcname": "PRNewswire via I-Connect007", "conf": "medium", "note": "Trade coverage; the iConnect007 copy is a PRNewswire item, and neither page prints a clear date, so only the month is given.", "verified": "corrected", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Cognex OneVision", "d": "2025-06-09", "t": "Cognex announces OneVision cloud platform for AI vision", "desc": "OneVision is a cloud platform to build, train and scale AI vision applications with guided workflows. It started with select customers on In-Sight 3800 and 8900 systems, with more products planned for early 2026.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "vision" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "beta", "src": "https://s2.q4cdn.com/773500753/files/doc_news/2025/Cognex-Introduces-OneVision-A-Breakthrough-Cloud-Platform-for-AI-Powered-Machine-Vision.pdf", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "note": "The release calls it an upcoming full launch, available to select customers.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Overview", "d": "2025-06-10", "t": "Overview launches OV Auto-Defect Creator Studio", "desc": "A generative AI tool makes photorealistic synthetic defects on real production parts, to train vision models without waiting for defective material.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "vision" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.overview.ai/news/", "srcname": "Vendor news page", "conf": "high", "note": "The news index prints the date.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Taqtile Manifest", "d": "2025-06-10", "t": "Manifest joins the DigiLens DigiSaaS marketplace", "desc": "Manifest, described in the release as an \"AI-powered, AR-enabled work instruction platform\", became available to organizations on the DigiLens ARGO smart glasses platform through its DigiSaaS marketplace.", "k": "partnership", "major": false, "src": "https://trainingindustry.com/press-release/learning-technologies/manifest-joins-digisaas-enhancing-digilens-argo-ecosystem-for-frontline-workers/", "srcname": "DigiLens release (Training Industry)", "conf": "medium", "note": "Release reposted on trainingindustry.com, which prints June 10, 2025. A hardware channel deal, not an AI launch.", "verified": "corrected", "caps": [] }, { "co": "RIIICO", "d": "2025-06-11", "t": "RIIICO raises $5M seed to digitalize established factories", "desc": "Pi Labs leads a $5 million seed round for RIIICO's AI platform that builds 3D factory twins from LiDAR scans.", "k": "funding", "major": true, "src": "https://riiico.com/riiico-secures-5-million-in-seed-funding/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Fero Labs", "d": "2025-06-17", "t": "Fero Labs lists its AI process optimization in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace", "desc": "Fero announced its AI-based process optimization software is available in the Azure Marketplace, so steel producers can deploy it across multiple mills.", "k": "partnership", "major": false, "src": "https://www.ferolabs.com/insights/post/fero-labs-now-available-in-microsoft-azure-marketplace-for-faster-steel-mill-deployment-of-ai", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Overview", "d": "2025-06-17", "t": "Overview launches OV Auto-Integration Builder", "desc": "A generative AI tool writes Node-RED integration flows from a plain-language description of the automation setup, to cut PLC and MES integration time.", "k": "launch", "major": false, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.overview.ai/news/overview-launches-auto-integration-builder/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Elementary", "d": "2025-06-18", "t": "Elementary introduces VisionStream", "desc": "VisionStream is an edge AI that watches the production line, learns what normal looks like and flags defects within seconds, with no labeling, vision expertise or line stoppage.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "vision" ], "major": true, "mode": "always_on", "status": "live", "human": "Operators review edge cases and guide the AI.", "src": "https://www.elementaryml.com/blog/introducing-visionstream-ai-that-teaches-itself-to-spot-manufacturing-defects", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "high", "verified": "corrected" }, { "co": "Basetwo", "d": "2025-06-20", "t": "Basetwo adds Process Verification", "desc": "Users can compare simulated batch behavior with historical production data to find deviations, anomalies and unexpected shifts in key process variables.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "insights", "twin" ], "major": false, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://basetwo.ai/announcements/basetwo-launches-new-process-verification-capability", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "IBM Maximo Application Suite", "d": "2025-06-24", "t": "Maximo 9.1 reaches general availability with the Maximo Assistant", "desc": "IBM announced Maximo Application Suite 9.1 generally available, adding Maximo Real Estate and Facilities and a new generative AI assistant built with watsonx.ai to raise workforce productivity.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot", "insights", "maint_work" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://community.ibm.com/community/user/blogs/kim-woodbury1/2025/06/23/maximo-application-suite-91-generally-available", "srcname": "IBM community blog", "conf": "high", "note": "The community post prints the 24 June 2025 date; the assistant detail is from IBM's newsroom blog on the same release (https://newsroom.ibm.com/blog-enhanced-maximo-streamlines-workforce-efficiency,-investment-planning,-and-facilities-management-introduces-gen-ai-assistant).", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "IFS Ultimo", "d": "2025-07", "t": "Ultimo launches its first digital worker for HSE incident reporting", "desc": "Ultimo launched its first AI digital worker, for health, safety and environment incident reporting, in July 2025.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "maint_work" ], "major": true, "mode": "agent", "status": "live", "human": "reviews the incidents and actions the digital worker suggests", "src": "https://www.ultimo.com/resources/blogs/industrial-maintenance-teams-get-digital-workers", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "medium", "note": "The month comes from a backward reference in the May 2026 release; the human step is inferred from the vendor's statement that higher-risk decisions trigger human intervention.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "HighByte Intelligence Hub", "d": "2025-07-01", "t": "Intelligence Hub 4.2 adds an Industrial MCP Server", "desc": "Version 4.2 embeds an MCP server that exposes data pipelines as tools to AI agents. It also adds LLM-assisted data contextualization through Amazon Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, Google Gemini, OpenAI and local models.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "data_context", "mcp" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.highbyte.com/news/press-releases/highbyte-releases-industrial-mcp-server-for-agentic-ai", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "ValGenesis", "d": "2025-07-02", "t": "ValGenesis unveils Smart GxP with the VAL AI assistant", "desc": "Smart GxP joins validation and process lifecycle apps. VAL generates protocols, captures data and reviews documents, flagging exceptions against approved SOPs.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "instructions", "quality_events" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.cleanroomtechnology.com/valgenesis-launches-first-ai-enabled-platform-to-unify", "srcname": "Cleanroom Technology", "conf": "medium", "note": "Trade article date.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "AVEVA CONNECT", "d": "2025-07-03", "t": "Industrial AI Assistant opens to all CONNECT visualization users", "desc": "AVEVA said the generative AI Industrial AI Assistant is now available to all CONNECT visualization users. Users ask industrial-specific questions in natural language through a chat interface.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot", "insights" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.aveva.com/en/perspectives/blog/industrial-ai-assistant-in-connect-is-now-available-here-is-how-you-can-get-started/", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "medium", "note": "The page shows Posted: July 03, 2025 but its page data shows later dates.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "MaintainX", "d": "2025-07-09", "t": "MaintainX raises $150M Series D", "desc": "MaintainX announced $150 million in Series D funding to expand its AI-powered maintenance and asset management platform. Bessemer Venture Partners and Bain Capital Ventures were among the investors named.", "k": "funding", "major": true, "src": "https://www.getmaintainx.com/newsroom/maintainx-raises-150m", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed", "caps": [] }, { "co": "KCF Technologies", "d": "2025-07-18", "t": "KCF and Polytron partner to bring machine health monitoring to food and beverage plants", "desc": "KCF and Polytron, a systems integrator, announced a strategic relationship that pairs KCF's IoT and AI machine health monitoring with Polytron's integration work for food and beverage manufacturers.", "k": "partnership", "major": false, "src": "https://kcftech.com/resources/blog/press-release/kcf-technologies-and-polytron-collaborate-to-deliver-innovative-machine-health-monitoring-solutions-for-polytrons-food-and-beverage-partners/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Fuuz", "d": "2025-07-22", "t": "Fuuz MCP Driver connects LLMs to plant data", "desc": "Fuuz introduced the MCP Driver, an edge feature that gives LLMs, starting with Claude, real-time access to manufacturing data and lets users build apps by describing them.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot", "data_context", "mcp" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.fuuz.com/resources/blog/the-future-of-industrial-ai-is-here", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Basetwo", "d": "2025-07-24", "t": "Basetwo leads AI for a Canada-UK bioreactor project", "desc": "Basetwo supplies the AI for BALANCE, a 20-month project that builds a closed-loop AI control system on its digital twin technology to adjust bioprocess conditions in real time. A $2M grant funds the project.", "k": "partnership", "major": false, "src": "https://basetwo.ai/announcements/basetwo-drives-ai-optimized-bioprocessing-in-groundbreaking-canada-uk-collaboration", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "corrected", "caps": [] }, { "co": "CVector", "d": "2025-07-24", "t": "CVector raises $1.5M pre-seed", "desc": "Schematic Ventures led the pre-seed round.", "k": "funding", "major": false, "src": "https://www.cvector.com/", "srcname": "Vendor site", "conf": "medium", "note": "Date printed in the news list on the vendor homepage.", "verified": "confirmed", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Siemens Tecnomatix Process Simulate", "d": "2025-07-25", "t": "Siemens describes Copilot in Process Simulate and AI ergonomic checks", "desc": "Siemens says the Copilot is \"readily available in Process Simulate\" to diagnose robotic simulation issues and recommend fixes such as shorter robot cycle times, and that AI can match a photo of a worker at a station to a virtual model for an ergonomic risk check.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot", "twin" ], "major": false, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://blogs.sw.siemens.com/tecnomatix/simulation-without-limits-bringing-ai-digital-twin-and-copilots-to-the-factory-floor/", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "medium", "note": "The post describes the Copilot as available; it is not a formal launch notice.", "verified": "corrected" }, { "co": "Critical Manufacturing MES", "d": "2025-07-29", "t": "Critical Manufacturing acquires Convanit for AI image analysis", "desc": "Critical Manufacturing bought Convanit, an AI specialist in image-based analytics for high-tech manufacturing. Its c-Alice engine lets manufacturers build and deploy custom visual inspection AI models without data science skills.", "k": "acquisition", "major": true, "src": "https://www.criticalmanufacturing.com/press-releases/critical-manufacturing-acquires-convanit/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Invisible AI", "d": "2025-07-31", "t": "Invisible AI moves to acquire nFlux", "desc": "Invisible AI said it is working to acquire nFlux, a NASA-born maker of AI co-pilots for manual assembly. The deal joins nFlux's real-time worker guidance and assembly tracking with Invisible AI's edge computer vision platform.", "k": "acquisition", "major": true, "src": "https://invisible.ai/blog/the-future-of-ai-powered-manufacturing-invisible-ais-acquisition-of-nflux/", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "medium", "note": "The post says Invisible AI 'is working to acquire' nFlux.", "verified": "confirmed", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Sixsense", "d": "2025-08-01", "t": "Sixsense raises $8.5M", "desc": "Sixsense closed an $8.5M round led by Peak XV's Surge to expand its semiconductor AI platform into Malaysia, Taiwan and the US.", "k": "funding", "major": true, "src": "https://india.entrepreneur.com/news-and-trends/ai-startup-sixsense-raises-usd-85-mn-for-global/495339", "srcname": "Entrepreneur India", "conf": "medium", "note": "Reported article date; the round is also covered by Entrepreneur India.", "verified": "corrected", "caps": [] }, { "co": "TDengine IDMP", "d": "2025-08-04", "t": "TDengine releases IDMP, an AI-native industrial data platform", "desc": "IDMP detects application scenarios from collected data, then builds dashboards, analyzes in real time and monitors anomalies on its own. It was available for download and as a 15-day trial on TDengine Cloud.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "insights", "predictive" ], "major": true, "mode": "always_on", "status": "live", "human": "Engineers review the output and act on anomalies", "src": "https://tdengine.com/tdengine-releases-idmp-revolutionizing-how-industrial-data-is-consumed/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Squint", "d": "2025-08-12", "t": "Squint raises $40M Series B", "desc": "The Westly Group and TCV co-led the round, with Sequoia Capital and Menlo Ventures taking part. SiliconANGLE reports the round values Squint at $265M and brings total funding to more than $59M.", "k": "funding", "major": true, "src": "https://siliconangle.com/2025/08/12/squint-gets-40m-funding-accelerate-human-machine-collaboration-manufacturing/", "srcname": "SiliconANGLE", "conf": "high", "verified": "corrected", "caps": [] }, { "co": "MasterControl Quality Excellence", "d": "2025-08-19", "t": "MasterControl launches AI-powered Regulatory Chat", "desc": "A natural language chat for questions over global regulations such as the US Code of Federal Regulations, made generally available.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.mastercontrol.com/news/mastercontrol-launches-ai-powered-regulatory-chat-to-simplify-compliance-navigation-for-life-sciences-manufacturers/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Aegis FactoryLogix", "d": "2025-08-21", "t": "Peak Rock Capital affiliate completes acquisition of Aegis", "desc": "An affiliate of Peak Rock Capital, a middle-market private investment firm, completed its acquisition of Aegis Industrial Software, the MES maker behind FactoryLogix.", "k": "acquisition", "major": true, "src": "https://www.aiscorp.com/news/peak-rock-capital-affiliate-completes-acquisition-of-aegis-software", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "note": "Aegis later bought Simio (digital twin and scheduling); that deal belongs on Simio's row if Simio has one.", "verified": "corrected", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Apprentice", "d": "2025-08-21", "t": "Agentic AI added to the Apprentice pharma MES", "desc": "Apprentice briefed analysts on agents for authoring, quality and process in its MES. 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Insight AI labels unstructured data and gives descriptive and predictive analytics.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "insights", "quality_events" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.intelex.com/about/press-room/intelex-introduces-input-ai-and-insight-ai-two-strategic-pillars-that-transform-how-organizations-capture-ehsq-data-and-extract-actionable-intelligence/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "note": "The release gives no feature by feature availability.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "IBM Maximo Application Suite", "d": "2025-12-05", "t": "IBM introduces Maximo Condition Insight", "desc": "An agentic AI capability in Maximo asset performance management, powered by IBM watsonx. It evaluates work orders, meter readings, time-series data, FMEA and alerts, then explains asset condition and recommends corrective actions in plain language.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "insights", "predictive" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.ibm.com/new/announcements/maximo-condition-insight", "srcname": "Vendor announcement", "conf": "medium", "note": "The page prints 'Published 05 December 2025'.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Amper", "d": "2025-12-09", "t": "ECI Software Solutions acquires Amper Technologies", "desc": "ECI Software Solutions bought Amper Technologies to add production monitoring and AI-driven operational insight to its manufacturing ERP portfolio.", "k": "acquisition", "major": true, "src": "https://www.ecisolutions.com/news/eci-software-solutions-acquires-amper-technologies", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Zentio", "d": "2025-12-11", "t": "Zentio raises EUR 1.4M pre-seed", "desc": "Pre-seed round led by HTGF with SI Ventures to build AI-native production planning and scheduling for European manufacturers.", "k": "funding", "major": true, "src": "https://www.htgf.de/en/zentio-pre-seed/", "srcname": "HTGF release", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed", "caps": [] }, { "co": "AVEVA CONNECT", "d": "2025-12-16", "t": "AVEVA acquires Crosser", "desc": "Crosser, a low-code edge and data pipeline company, said it has been acquired by AVEVA. Its technology is now the Flows capability in CONNECT, and the Crosser name is retired. The release gives no price.", "k": "acquisition", "major": true, "src": "https://crosser.io/blog/crosser-has-been-acquired-by-aveva/", "srcname": "Vendor blog (Crosser)", "conf": "high", "note": "Logged here because Crosser has no row of its own.", "verified": "confirmed", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Prometheus Group", "d": "2025-12-16", "t": "Prometheus Group acquires Actenum", "desc": "Prometheus Group bought Actenum, a maker of AI-powered scheduling and optimization technology, to extend its AI scheduling to more asset-intensive industries including manufacturing.", "k": "acquisition", "major": true, "src": "https://www.prometheusgroup.com/resources/posts/prometheus-group-acquires-actenum", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Ideagen Quality Management", "d": "2025-12-17", "t": "Ideagen launches its agentic AI, Mazlan", "desc": "Mazlan is Ideagen's agentic AI framework for quality and safety work, with human approval of its outputs. Ideagen says early pilots cut 30 minute tasks to two minutes.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "quality_events" ], "major": true, "mode": "agent", "status": "live", "human": "People review and approve Mazlan outputs", "src": "https://www.ideagen.com/company/news/ideagen-achieves-market-leading-ai-scores-leading-the-ehsq-software-revolution", "srcname": "Vendor news", "conf": "medium", "note": "The news item dated 2025-12-17 says the agentic AI launched on December 4 and that Verdantix called the framework pilot-phase.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "MachineMetrics", "d": "2025-12-17", "t": "AI Summary panel added to the Daily Production Dashboard", "desc": "A new AI Summary panel writes a headline, issues, data integrity flags and quality exceptions from the dashboard data, with a Recommendations tab.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "insights" ], "major": false, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.machinemetrics.com/blog/ai-summaries", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Siemens Tecnomatix Plant Simulation", "d": "2025-12-17", "t": "Siemens launches an AI Copilot for Plant Simulation", "desc": "Siemens introduces the AI Copilot for Plant Simulation, \"engineered to function as your intelligent simulation guide\", for Plant Simulation X users.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot", "twin" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://blogs.sw.siemens.com/tecnomatix/introducing-the-ai-powered-copilot-for-siemens-plant-simulation-software/", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "medium", "note": "The page prints a posted date of 17 December 2025 but does not state availability; status is live with medium confidence.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Mapex MES", "d": "2025-12-19", "t": "Proalpha acquires Mapex", "desc": "The Proalpha Group acquired Mapex Manufacturing Software Solutions, adding an AI-powered MES with the Maik assistant to its Digital Shopfloor business. Mapex stays available as a standalone MES.", "k": "acquisition", "major": true, "src": "https://www.proalpha.com/en/blog/proalpha-mapex-manufacturing-software-solutions-acquisition", "srcname": "Acquirer release (Proalpha)", "conf": "high", "note": "Proalpha is an ERP vendor; trade press said closing awaited regulatory approval.", "verified": "confirmed", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Evocon", "d": "2026-01-12", "t": "SYSPRO acquires Evocon", "desc": "SYSPRO completed the acquisition of Evocon, the Estonia-based provider of real-time production monitoring and OEE software. The release says Evocon adds machine utilization, downtime and bottleneck visibility to SYSPRO's shop floor offer.", "k": "acquisition", "major": true, "src": "https://www.syspro.com/press_release/syspro-strengthens-digital-shopfloor-capabilities-with-acquisition-of-evocon/", "srcname": "SYSPRO release", "conf": "high", "note": "Terms were not disclosed in the release. Deal logged here because Evocon has a row.", "verified": "confirmed", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Tulip", "d": "2026-01-13", "t": "Tulip raises $120M Series D led by Mitsubishi Electric", "desc": "Mitsubishi Electric invested and signed a strategic alliance with Tulip. The release puts Tulip's valuation at $1.3B.", "k": "funding", "major": true, "src": "https://tulip.co/press/tulip-secures-120m-series-d/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Prometheus Group", "d": "2026-01-14", "t": "Prometheus Group acquires Webalo, an AI connected worker platform", "desc": "Prometheus Group bought Webalo, the AI-connected worker platform for the frontline workforce, to build a closed-loop digital execution platform linking the plant floor to planning and the system of record.", "k": "acquisition", "major": true, "src": "https://www.prometheusgroup.com/resources/posts/prometheus-group-acquires-webalo-to-deliver-a-closed-loop-digital-execution-platform-from-the-frontline-to-the-system-of-record", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Siemens Industrial Copilot", "d": "2026-01-14", "t": "Siemens plans nine new copilots, including one for Opcenter", "desc": "At CES 2026 Siemens said it will deploy nine new AI copilots across its software, including Teamcenter, Polarion and Opcenter, available on the Siemens Xcelerator Marketplace.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot" ], "major": false, "mode": "assist", "status": "announced", "src": "https://news.siemens.com/en-us/siemens-unveils-technologies-to-accelerate-the-industrial-ai-revolution-at-ces-2026/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "medium", "note": "The release gives no availability date for the copilots.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Limble", "d": "2026-01-15", "t": "Limble Winter Release adds Asset Snap, Resource Planning and MCP", "desc": "Three AI capabilities: Asset Snap turns photos of equipment nameplates into asset records, Resource Planning gives AI workload and scheduling recommendations, and MCP connects Limble data to AI tools such as Cursor and Claude Code. Available to U.S. customers at launch with a global rollout planned for summer 2026.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "data_context", "maint_work", "mcp" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://manufacturingdive.com/press-release/20260114-limble-introduces-ai-to-save-maintenance-teams-time-and-improve-asset-healt/", "srcname": "Vendor release (Manufacturing Dive)", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "iBase-t Solumina", "d": "2026-01-15", "t": "Solumina AI launches with four modules", "desc": "iBase-t made Solumina AI generally available with ScanAI, Digital SME, Intelligence and PulseAI, built for regulated aerospace and defense manufacturing.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot", "insights", "instructions" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.ibaset.com/press-releases/ibase-t-launches-solumina-ai/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Apprentice", "d": "2026-01-21", "t": "Apprentice acquires Ganymede", "desc": "Apprentice bought Ganymede to build an AI-native platform that spans R&D through commercial manufacturing.", "k": "acquisition", "major": true, "src": "https://www.apprentice.io/learn/newsroom", "srcname": "Vendor newsroom listing", "conf": "medium", "note": "The newsroom page prints the headline and date.", "verified": "confirmed", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Fracttal One", "d": "2026-01-21", "t": "Fracttal raises $35M led by Riverwood Capital", "desc": "Fracttal raised about EUR 29.8 million ($35 million) to expand in Europe and Latin America and build AI, IoT and agentic features. Existing investors Seaya Ventures, Kayyak, GoHub and Amador joined.", "k": "funding", "major": true, "src": "https://startuprise.co.uk/fracttal-secures-35m-funding-round-led-by-riverwood-capital/", "srcname": "Startup Rise Europe", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Nexxa.ai", "d": "2026-01-21", "t": "Nexxa.ai raises $9M seed", "desc": "Construct Capital led the seed with a16z speedrun, to build AI agents for heavy industry engineering and operations.", "k": "funding", "major": true, "src": "https://pulse2.com/nexxa-ai-9-million-seed-funding-closed-to-scale-ai-agents-for-heavy-industry-workflows", "srcname": "Pulse 2", "conf": "medium", "verified": "confirmed", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Aspen Mtell", "d": "2026-01-22", "t": "Emerson ships a new Aspen Mtell release with AI alert grouping and prescribed fixes", "desc": "The release adds industry and asset templates, AI-powered insights that group and prioritize alerts, an embedded FMEA that prescribes corrective action, a direct link to Emerson's AMS vibration monitoring and deeper EAM integration.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "maint_work", "predictive" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.emerson.com/en-us/news/2026/emerson-redefines-scalable-industrial-reliability-ai-driven-apm", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "note": "The release says the product will be demonstrated live at OPTIMIZE 26 in May.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Canvas Envision", "d": "2026-01-22", "t": "Canvas Envision adds agentic AI to Evie in Release 5.10", "desc": "Evie AI Agents take existing PDFs and instructional videos and convert them into structured work instructions inside Envision Creator, using specialized agents for each content type.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "instructions" ], "major": true, "mode": "agent", "status": "live", "human": "Author reviews and edits the generated instruction", "src": "https://www.canvasenvision.com/press/canvas-envision-release-5-10-evie-agents", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "CVector", "d": "2026-01-26", "t": "CVector closes $5M seed round", "desc": "Powerhouse Ventures led an oversubscribed seed to build its AI-native platform for real-time production recommendations.", "k": "funding", "major": true, "src": "https://www.cvector.com/resources/cvector-closes-5m-seed-round", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed", "caps": [] }, { "co": "MasterControl Quality Excellence", "d": "2026-01-27", "t": "MasterControl launches AI-powered SOP Analyzer", "desc": "SOP Analyzer reviews SOPs against regulatory requirements with language models and retrieval, flags compliance gaps and suggests fixes. Generally available.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "instructions", "quality_events" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://mastercontrol.com/news/mastercontrol-launches-ai-powered-sop-analyzer", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Schaeffler OPTIME", "d": "2026-01-27", "t": "Schaeffler adds FAG OPTIME E-CM to monitor electrically driven machines", "desc": "FAG OPTIME E-CM monitors current and voltage in three-phase motors from the control cabinet and sends the data to the Schaeffler Cloud, where machine learning finds patterns and creates maintenance recommendations. It complements OPTIME vibration sensors.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "maint_work", "predictive" ], "major": true, "mode": "always_on", "status": "announced", "human": "maintenance managers act on alerts", "src": "https://www.schaeffler.com/en/media/press-releases/press-releases-detail.jsp?id=88164736", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "medium", "note": "The release says the launch starts in Europe and some Asian countries at the end of February 2026, with a global rollout after.", "verified": "corrected" }, { "co": "Simio", "d": "2026-01-27", "t": "Aegis Software completes acquisition of Simio", "desc": "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.", "k": "acquisition", "major": true, "src": "https://www.mmh.com/article/mes_software_provider_aegis_software_completes_acquisition_of_simio", "srcname": "MMH", "conf": "high", "note": "Logged on Simio because Simio has a row here; Aegis FactoryLogix belongs to the MES list.", "verified": "corrected", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Cordant Asset Health", "d": "2026-01-28", "t": "Baker Hughes releases Cordant 26.1 industrial software", "desc": "Release 26.1 adds AI-enabled failure mode mapping between domains and automated risk alignment, and updates Failure Mode Analytics and waveform analysis, on an open, composable platform. It was announced at the 2026 Baker Hughes Annual Meeting in Florence.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "predictive" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.bakerhughes.com/company/news/baker-hughes-expands-cordanttm-industrial-software-deepen-insights-improve-reliability", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "medium", "note": "The release covers the whole Cordant suite. Search coverage says it adds AI-driven risk intelligence and failure mode analytics for asset health; the page text read here does not itemize those.", "verified": "corrected" }, { "co": "DELMIA Virtual Twin for Manufacturing", "d": "2026-02-03", "t": "Dassault Systemes and NVIDIA bring Omniverse physical AI libraries into DELMIA Virtual Twin", "desc": "The partnership integrates \"NVIDIA Omniverse physical AI libraries into the DELMIA Virtual Twin of global production systems\" to test autonomous, software-defined production before deployment, with Virtual Companions on the 3DEXPERIENCE agentic platform.", "k": "partnership", "major": true, "src": "https://www.3ds.com/newsroom/press-releases/dassault-systemes-and-nvidia-partner-build-industrial-ai-platform-powering-virtual-twins", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Octave Reliance", "d": "2026-02-04", "t": "ETQ Reliance adds two native AI advisors", "desc": "Form Field Advisor suggests values for form fields from past records, and users accept, reject or override each one. Complaint & Feedback Advisor speeds complaint intake and shows related complaints, actions and risk context; it was set for early adopters at the end of Q1 2026.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot", "quality_events" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.qualitymag.com/articles/99381-etq-reliance-ai-always-intelligent-quality-management-ecosystem", "srcname": "Quality Magazine", "conf": "medium", "note": "Date is the Quality Magazine item. Form Field Advisor was available at once; Complaint & Feedback Advisor was set for early adopters at the end of Q1 2026.", "verified": "corrected" }, { "co": "UpKeep", "d": "2026-02-06", "t": "Nova Autonomous Actions added in the February release", "desc": "The February 2026 release adds Nova Autonomous Actions for hands-free maintenance insights, alongside required tasks on work orders and new navigation.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "insights" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://upkeep.com/product-releases/upkeep-product-release-february-6-2026/", "srcname": "Vendor release notes", "conf": "medium", "note": "Only the page title and summary are public; the body is gated, so mode is left at assist.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Kognitwin", "d": "2026-02-09", "t": "Kongsberg Digital partners with Google Cloud for Kognitwin", "desc": "Kognitwin, the flagship Industrial Work Surface digital twin solution, moves onto Google Cloud to scale AI/ML, robotics and AR/VR use cases.", "k": "partnership", "major": false, "src": "https://falkor.com/news/kongsberg-digital-partners-google-cloud", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Oracle Fusion Cloud Maintenance", "d": "2026-02-10", "t": "Oracle adds AI agents to Fusion SCM, including a maintenance cost estimation agent", "desc": "Oracle announced new AI agents in Fusion Cloud Applications across planning, procurement, manufacturing, maintenance and logistics. The Maintenance Work Order Cost Estimation Advisor Agent estimates work order costs from planned materials, labor and resource usage.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "copilot", "maint_work" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.oracle.com/news/announcement/oracle-ai-agents-help-boost-supply-chain-efficiency-and-strengthen-resiliency-2026-02-10/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Oracle Fusion Cloud Manufacturing", "d": "2026-02-10", "t": "Oracle adds AI agents for manufacturing, maintenance and inventory", "desc": "Oracle announced prebuilt AI agents in Fusion Cloud Supply Chain and Manufacturing, including an Outside Processing Shipping Agent and a Maintenance Work Order Cost Estimation Advisor Agent for manufacturing and maintenance teams.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "copilot" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.oracle.com/news/announcement/oracle-ai-agents-help-boost-supply-chain-efficiency-and-strengthen-resiliency-2026-02-10/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "medium", "note": "The release page prints no date in its text; the date comes from the page address and a trade report dated 2026-02-11 (NZ time): https://itbrief.co.uk/story/oracle-adds-ai-agents-across-crm-supply-chain-apps. Status taken from the trade report.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Siemens Opcenter", "d": "2026-02-12", "t": "Opcenter Copilot arrives in Opcenter X 2601", "desc": "Opcenter X 2601 adds Opcenter Copilot, \"an intelligent assistant designed to read and understand available product documentation\", to the Configurator and to all applications.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://blogs.sw.siemens.com/opcenter/whats-new-in-opcenter-x-2601/", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "IPercept", "d": "2026-02-19", "t": "IPercept launches CNC Copilot", "desc": "CNC Copilot is an AI-powered assistant inside the IPercept Portal. It works with live machine data and trusted knowledge sources to say what changed, why it matters and what to do next, and it keeps the team's reasoning between shifts.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot", "insights" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.ipercept.com/en/news/cnc-copilot-for-industrial-machines", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Parsec TrakSYS", "d": "2026-02-19", "t": "TrakSYS 14 adds IQ Assistant", "desc": "Parsec released TrakSYS 14 with IQ Assistant, a generative AI assistant inside the MES that answers questions about TrakSYS data and builds charts and tables.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot", "insights" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.parsec-corp.com/news-and-events/parsec-automation-introduces-traksys-14-bringing-ai-assisted-intelligence-and-governed-scale-to-global-mes", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "note": "The page prints Published 19 Feb 2026; the Business Wire copy is dated 17 Feb 2026 in its URL.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Augmentir", "d": "2026-02-25", "t": "Augmentir launches 5 Why Coach, Root Cause Investigator and Data Analyst agents", "desc": "Three out-of-the-box Augie AI agents work together as a problem-solving team: they organize symptoms, correlate operational signals and help teams evaluate contributing factors in root cause analysis.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "insights", "quality_events" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.augmentir.ai/news/augmentir-launches-new-ai-agents-for-manufacturing-operations-expands-augie-industrial-ai-suite", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Octave Attune EAM", "d": "2026-03-02", "t": "Hexagon's asset software business unveils the Octave brand", "desc": "Octave, the potential software spin-off from Hexagon AB, unveiled its new brand identity. It is made up of Hexagon's Asset Lifecycle Intelligence and Safety, Infrastructure & Geospatial divisions, plus the Bricsys, ETQ and Projectmates businesses.", "k": "rebrand", "major": true, "src": "https://www.octave.com/newsroom/press-releases/2026/octave-launches-new-brand", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "medium", "note": "The brand release names no EAM product; the Attune EAM product page and the 2026-03-24 Octave release (https://www.octave.com/newsroom/press-releases/2026/octave-named-leader-in-idc-marketscape) show HxGN EAM is now Attune EAM and HxGN Alix is now Octave Aria. No page prints the product rename date.", "verified": "corrected", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Tractian", "d": "2026-03-02", "t": "Tractian launches a 2-in-1 vibration and ultrasonic sensor", "desc": "The new sensor captures vibration at up to 64 kHz and continuous ultrasound in one device, and the platform correlates vibration, ultrasound, temperature and RPM data. 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The launch adds MiniModels for edge devices without a GPU and REST API endpoints for MES, APC and SPC systems.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "vision" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://averroes.ai/blog/introducing-ai-builder-the-third-chapter-of-averroes-visionrepo", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "medium", "note": "Page prints May 13, 2026 and calls the release 'today' and anomaly detection 'just released as part of this launch'. It does not label the status live or beta, so live is read from that wording.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "MachineMetrics", "d": "2026-05-14", "t": "Shift Handover writes AI summaries for the next operator", "desc": "The April release added Shift Handover, with AI-generated, machine-grounded summaries waiting at clock-in, and First Article Inspection.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "execution", "insights" ], "major": false, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.machinemetrics.com/blog/april-product-releases-smarter-inspections-stronger-shift-handoffs", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "high", "note": "Post is dated 2026-05-14; it says the features shipped in April.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "SAP Asset Management", "d": "2026-05-14", "t": "SAP announces the Asset and Service Assistant and asset agents at Sapphire", "desc": "SAP announced Joule assistants for autonomous supply chain management, including an Asset and Service Assistant that turns signals and anomalies into action. The Asset Performance Alert Processing Agent and Technician Briefing Agent are designed to assess asset conditions, prioritize work and raise first time fix rates. SAP says general availability is phased through 2026, starting now.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "maint_work" ], "major": true, "mode": "agent", "status": "announced", "human": "stays in control and sets the guardrails", "src": "https://news.sap.com/2026/05/more-autonomous-supply-chain/", "srcname": "SAP News Center", "conf": "medium", "note": "SAP says agents trigger coordinated action when authorized.", "verified": "corrected" }, { "co": "SAP Digital Manufacturing", "d": "2026-05-14", "t": "SAP announces Production Excellence Agent and Manufacturing Assistant at Sapphire", "desc": "At SAP Sapphire, SAP described new Joule Assistants, including a Manufacturing Assistant, and Industry AI agents that monitor production, quality and machine signals. 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It was US-only before this launch.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "vision" ], "major": false, "mode": "always_on", "status": "live", "human": "Teams plug existing cameras into the edge workstation and set up QualityOS.", "src": "https://www.elementaryml.com/blog/elementary-launches-visionlink-tm-globally-bringing-ai-to-legacy-vision-systems", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "high", "verified": "corrected" }, { "co": "Epicor Kinetic", "d": "2026-05-20", "t": "Epicor adds MRP Log Agent and Reasoning Agent to Prism", "desc": "At Insights 2026 Epicor added Prism agents including an MRP Log Agent that analyzes MRP output logs so users can understand why MRP recommended an order, and a Reasoning Agent that synthesizes ERP data, documents and context.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "insights" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://salestechstar.com/predictive-ai-artificial-intelligence/epicor-introduces-agentic-ai-stack-to-power-action-across-erp-workflows/", "srcname": "Epicor release (copy on SalesTechStar)", "conf": "medium", "note": "The release is cited from SalesTechStar, which prints May 20, 2026. The article headings say new agents are now available but do not label each agent.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Cognite Data Fusion", "d": "2026-05-21", "t": "Cognite and ABB plan agent-to-agent orchestration", "desc": "Cognite and ABB announced a collaboration to add an agentic layer to existing industrial applications so that agents can hand work to each other. The release says the aim is agent-to-agent orchestration.", "k": "partnership", "major": false, "src": "https://www.cognite.com/en/company/newsroom/cognite-and-abb-collaborate-to-integrate-agentic-ai-into-industrial-applications-to-deliver", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "corrected", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Nulogy Smart Factory", "d": "2026-05-21", "t": "Nulogy Intelligence launches with the Nora AI agent", "desc": "Nulogy launched Nulogy Intelligence, the AI layer of its manufacturing operating system. 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No Epicor release names this feature.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Greenlight Guru", "d": "2026-05-28", "t": "Greenlight Guru lists twelve AI features live in its quality platform", "desc": "AI Search, Chat, Summaries, Verifiability Check, Suggested Links, Quiz Builder, Change Order Summaries and an AI Connector (MCP server) are described as in the platform today.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot", "mcp", "quality_events" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.greenlight.guru/blog/greenlight-guru-ai-features", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "medium", "note": "The blog does not label any feature beta or preview; its AI page says general availability was targeted for Q2 2026.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "IFS Ultimo", "d": "2026-05-28", "t": "Ultimo adds digital workers for planning, maintenance and safety", "desc": "Ultimo announced three purpose-built digital workers for maintenance planning, technicians and HSE, available through Microsoft Teams, Slack and the Ultimo EAM. Agents manage non-disruptive actions on their own; higher-risk decisions trigger human intervention.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "copilot", "maint_work" ], "major": true, "mode": "agent", "status": "live", "human": "decides higher-risk actions and oversees the agents", "src": "https://www.ultimo.com/resources/blogs/industrial-maintenance-teams-get-digital-workers", "srcname": "Vendor blog (release)", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "MaintainX", "d": "2026-05-28", "t": "Autodesk agrees to buy MaintainX for about $3.6 billion", "desc": "Autodesk announced a definitive agreement to acquire MaintainX in an all-cash deal valued at about $3.6 billion. 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Veeva's help page documents the Deviation Agent in Veeva QMS but prints no release date.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Akridata", "d": "2026-05-31", "t": "DIMAAG acquires Akridata", "desc": "DIMAAG, an industrial AI and robotics company, acquired Akridata to add AI vision, edge processing, intelligent data capture hardware and human-assisted inspection workflows to its physical AI offer.", "k": "acquisition", "major": true, "src": "https://pulse2.com/dimaag-acquires-akridata-to-scale-physical-ai-and-next-generation-infrastructure/", "srcname": "Pulse 2.0", "conf": "medium", "note": "Reported article date.", "verified": "corrected", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Maneva", "d": "2026-06", "t": "Maneva raises $27M Series A", "desc": "U.S. Venture Partners led the round with Bling Capital and Freestyle Capital; $38.4M raised in total.", "k": "funding", "major": true, "src": "https://www.maneva.ai/resources/resource/maneva-raises-27m-series-a-tackle-inefficiencies-manufacturing", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "medium", "note": "The page prints the month only.", "verified": "confirmed", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Kognitwin", "d": "2026-06-01", "t": "Kongsberg Digital rebrands as Falkor", "desc": "Kongsberg Digital takes the name Falkor, a KONGSBERG company, to sharpen its focus on industrial intelligence.", "k": "rebrand", "major": false, "src": "https://www.kongsberg.com/news/news-archive/2026/kongsberg-digital-rebrands-as-falkor-a-kongsberg-company/", "srcname": "KONGSBERG release", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Plataine", "d": "2026-06-03", "t": "Plataine launches conversational AI Agents in its TPO platform", "desc": "A suite of Planning, Scheduling, Material and Asset Agents watches production, finds root causes of disruptions, builds a re-optimized recovery plan and sends it to the right role for approval. Users can ask what-if questions in natural language.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "copilot", "scheduling", "twin" ], "major": true, "mode": "agent", "status": "live", "human": "approves the recovery plan", "src": "https://www.plataine.com/news/plataines-next-generation-ai-agents-drive-real-time-decision-optimization-shattering-factory-silos/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Weever", "d": "2026-06-10", "t": "Weever starts an AI pilot in Form Reports", "desc": "Weever added an AI assistant to the Form Reports submissions view with on-the-fly charts and follow-up questions, enabled per site.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot", "insights" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "beta", "src": "https://weeversoftware.com/product-updates/product-updates-2026", "srcname": "Vendor changelog", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Sight Machine", "d": "2026-06-11", "t": "Sight Machine launches its agentic manufacturing platform", "desc": "The new platform pairs a Manufacturing Context Layer with agents that work continuously on quality drift, downtime and yield. 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The release says LLumin enables condition-based and AI-assisted predictive maintenance.", "k": "acquisition", "major": true, "src": "https://llumin.com/cai-software-acquires-llumin-expanding-cmms-capabilities-for-process-and-discrete-manufacturers/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "note": "The release also says CAI recently acquired PlanetTogether.", "verified": "confirmed", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Opcenter X Quality", "d": "2026-08-14", "t": "Opcenter X Quality 2607 adds Opcenter Copilot", "desc": "An assistant that answers questions from product documentation, such as SPC evaluation methods and quality workflow setup. 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A Safety Agent pre-fills incident records, and AI drafts change orders. Generally available from 31 July 2026.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "quality_events" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.newswire.com/news/compliancequest-summer-26-expands-cq-ai-to-reduce-investigation-cycle-times", "srcname": "Vendor release (Newswire)", "conf": "high", "note": "Release date of the Summer '26 update is 2026-07-31 per the text; the release is dated 2026-08-25.", "verified": "corrected" }, { "co": "HighByte Intelligence Hub", "d": "2026-08-25", "t": "Version 4.5 adds a Modeling Agent", "desc": "The Modeling Agent helps browse connections and create or edit inputs, models and instances in plain language. Version 4.5 also adds MCP configuration tools and a Data Lineage Graph.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "data_context", "mcp" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.highbyte.com/news/press-releases/highbyte-releases-agentic-configuration-for-industrial-dataops", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "AssetWatch", "d": "2026-08-26", "t": "AssetWatch and Oden Technologies partner to link asset health and production data", "desc": "The partnership connects AssetWatch asset health insights with Oden's real-time production and process data so maintenance, reliability and operations teams see how equipment runs and when to act.", "k": "partnership", "major": false, "src": "https://www.assetwatch.com/news/assetwatch-oden-technologies-partnership", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Waites", "d": "2026-08-26", "t": "Waites expands ultrasonic, ImpactVUE and time synchronization for AI prescriptive maintenance", "desc": "Waites announced ultrasonic and time synchronization product enhancements and expanded ImpactVUE high-frequency data acquisition, paired with analyst-reviewed prescriptive guidance for manufacturers.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "maint_work", "predictive" ], "major": false, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://waites.net/news-release/waites-strengthens-reliability-and-ai-prescriptive-maintenance-solutions", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Infor CloudSuite Industrial", "d": "2026-08-31", "t": "Infor Velocity Suite brings Industry AI Agents, including scheduling, to CloudSuite Industrial Enterprise", "desc": "At IMTS 2026 Infor introduced the Velocity Suite on CloudSuite Industrial Enterprise with its full library of Industry AI Agents, Agent Orchestration and Agent Factory. The agents cover roles \"from quoting and scheduling to service execution\".", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "execution", "scheduling" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.mmsonline.com/products/infor-software-suite-accelerates-erp-implementation-for-discrete-manufacturers", "srcname": "Modern Machine Shop (Infor release)", "conf": "high", "note": "Published 08/31/2026. The article names no individual scheduling agent.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Katana", "d": "2026-08-31", "t": "Katana MCP lets AI chats create manufacturing orders", "desc": "Katana MCP connects Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini to live data. A user can view and create manufacturing orders, check progress and identify missing materials, and each change needs the user's confirmation.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot", "mcp" ], "major": false, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://katanamrp.com/blog/katana-mcp/", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "high", "note": "The same launch is on the supply chain planning map for its purchasing and stock use; this entry is for the manufacturing order use.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Ignition", "d": "2026-09", "t": "Ignition Catalyst brings AI assistants and agents to Ignition 2027", "desc": "At the 2026 Ignition Community Conference (September 22 to 24) the company dropped the standalone MCP module and introduced Ignition Catalyst. Catalyst Core is included at no extra cost, and Catalyst Agent supports user-defined agents with bring-your-own-model and MCP in both directions.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "copilot", "mcp" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "beta", "src": "https://www.controlglobal.com/industry-news/news/55413950/inductive-automation-inductive-automations-ignition-community-conference-2026-draws-record-breaking-turnout-in-sacramento", "srcname": "Control Global", "conf": "medium", "note": "Month only: the article is dated 2026-10-23 and gives the conference dates. The vendor docs label Ignition 2027.02 as beta.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "MaintainX", "d": "2026-09-01", "t": "AI Work Request and Report Builder AI Chat reach the mobile app and reports", "desc": "AI Work Request drafts a request title, description, location and priority from a voice note, a typed description or a guided conversation, ready for review. Report Builder AI Chat answers questions about asset and work data. Both need MaintainX Assist on the Enterprise plan.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot", "insights", "maint_work" ], "major": false, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.getmaintainx.com/blog/whats-new-at-maintainx-september-2026", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "medium", "note": "The blog post prints only the date 2026-09-01 in its page data; the text says the features shipped in the past few weeks.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "ThingWorx", "d": "2026-09-01", "t": "ThingWorx 10.2 adds an AI Assistant, agents and an MCP server", "desc": "ThingWorx 10.2 adds the ThingWorx AI Assistant, AI Runtime and Agent Services, a native AI Agent entity, integrated MCP support and governance tools. The MCP server and namespace framework are generally available.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "copilot", "mcp" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://community.ptc.com/thingworx-developers-185/thingworx-10-2-is-available-now-175818", "srcname": "Vendor community post", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "SYSPRO", "d": "2026-09-02", "t": "Syspro launches Torque, an industrial AI agent platform", "desc": "Syspro Torque detects operational problems, recommends the next step and takes approved action inside the systems manufacturers already run, and connects to ERP, production and shop floor systems through MCP. It runs in a controlled availability program ahead of general availability.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "execution", "mcp", "scheduling" ], "major": true, "mode": "agent", "status": "beta", "human": "Chooses how much to delegate and approves actions", "src": "https://www.syspro.com/press_release/syspro-launches-torque-the-industrial-ai-platform-that-transforms-manufacturing-decisions-into-auditable-automatic-action/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "note": "Same launch as the Syspro event on the supply chain planning map; this entry is for the plant floor use.", "verified": "corrected" }, { "co": "Lumafield", "d": "2026-09-03", "t": "Lumafield introduces Quality Agent", "desc": "Quality Agent is an agentic AI system in Voyager, built on a foundation model trained on industrial X-ray CT data, that automates defect detection and root-cause analysis.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "quality_events", "vision" ], "major": true, "mode": "agent", "status": "live", "human": "Engineers review findings and decide the fix.", "src": "https://www.lumafield.com/article/lumafield-introduces-quality-agent-a-physical-ai-technology-that-automates-defect-detection-and-root-cause-analysis-for-manufacturers", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "note": "Status taken from the release; demos by request.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Kneat", "d": "2026-09-07", "t": "Kneat Gx 26R2 adds an AI Validation Expert and a Summary Report Agent", "desc": "The AI Validation Expert chatbot answers questions from FDA, EMA, ICH, ISO and GAMP sources with citations. The Validation Summary Report Agent drafts report sections from post-approved test documents.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "copilot", "instructions" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://kneat.com/?p=16587", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "medium", "note": "The page prints 7 September 2026 and says it was last updated 27 July 2026.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Cognite Data Fusion", "d": "2026-09-08", "t": "Industrial MCP enters public preview", "desc": "Cognite's September release opens Cognite Data Fusion to outside AI tools, including Claude and Microsoft Copilot, through Industrial MCP. It also adds an Atlas AI agent to the data engineering workspace.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "data_context", "mcp" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "preview", "src": "https://www.cognite.com/en/resources/blog/cognite-september-2026-release", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Kitov.ai", "d": "2026-09-08", "t": "Kitov unveils the X-Prime inspection system", "desc": "X-Prime turns 3D CAD models or scans into robotic inspection routines and uses deep learning surface defect detection for high-value single-material parts with complex geometries.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "vision" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "announced", "src": "https://kitov.ai/kitov-ai-unveils-kitov-x-prime/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "corrected" }, { "co": "Harmoni", "d": "2026-09-09", "t": "Harmoni raises US$10M Series A", "desc": "Bessemer Venture Partners led the round. Funding goes to product work, go-to-market growth and HAL.", "k": "funding", "major": true, "src": "https://harmoni.io/blog/this-startup-raised-10-million-to-bring-ai-to-old-factories/", "srcname": "Vendor release (PR Newswire)", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Harmoni", "d": "2026-09-09", "t": "Harmoni unveils HAL, AI built for the front lines of manufacturing", "desc": "HAL applies AI to the live operational context Harmoni captures: the active job, part, machine, process and engineering requirements. It delivers answers at the point of production.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot", "insights" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "announced", "src": "https://harmoni.io/blog/this-startup-raised-10-million-to-bring-ai-to-old-factories/", "srcname": "Vendor release (PR Newswire)", "conf": "high", "verified": "corrected" }, { "co": "Augury", "d": "2026-09-10", "t": "Augury releases an open-source industrial profile for Google Cloud's Open Knowledge Format", "desc": "The OKF Industrial Profile structures plant-floor context, operator heuristics and sensor-trust rules into human-verified files that AI agents can use.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "data_context" ], "major": false, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.augury.com/media-center/press/augury-introduces-industrial-profile-for-google-cloud/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "MachineMetrics", "d": "2026-09-14", "t": "MaximaOS launches with Max AI and an MCP server", "desc": "MachineMetrics launched MaximaOS, a manufacturing operations management platform with Max AI as its AI layer. The Carbide build layer is in early release with an MCP server and an agent plugin that starts with Claude Code.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot", "execution", "insights", "mcp" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.machinemetrics.com/blog/introducing-maximaos-the-manufacturing-operations-management-platform", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "high", "note": "Carbide and its MCP server are early release.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Arch Systems", "d": "2026-09-15", "t": "Vistara Growth invests $30 million in Arch Systems", "desc": "Arch announced a $30 million investment from Vistara Growth to speed its agentic AI roadmap and expand to OEMs and regulated markets such as life sciences, defense, automotive and aerospace.", "k": "funding", "major": true, "src": "https://archsys.io/hub/news/investment-vistara-accelerates-arch-agentic-ai-roadmap/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Augmentir", "d": "2026-09-15", "t": "Augmentir launches Augie Command Center and Procedure Studio", "desc": "Command Center lets frontline leaders deploy AI agents, build workflows and dashboards and schedule work by describing what they want. Procedure Studio turns an SOP or a one-sentence description into an interactive procedure. 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Körber's own AI-powered acceleration page describes the K.AI assistant.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Plataine", "d": "2026-09-22", "t": "Plataine unveils AI Agents for long-term production planning", "desc": "New agents simulate future production scenarios against real factory constraints to check ability to deliver, test added machines, tooling or shifts, and support capex decisions. They run attended or unattended with controlled autonomy.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "scheduling", "twin" ], "major": true, "mode": "agent", "status": "announced", "human": "decides on commitments and investments", "src": "https://www.plataine.com/news/plataine-unveils-ai-agents-for-long-term-strategic-planning-helping-manufacturers-scale-for-growth/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "medium", "note": "Unveiled at CAMX 2026; the release does not say general availability.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Redzone", "d": "2026-09-22", "t": "Persona-based frontline Champions and Implementation Agents", "desc": "QAD | Redzone extended ChampionAI for the frontline into a roster of persona-based Champions and added Implementation Agents that cut launch timelines from 12 weeks to as little as one month.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "copilot", "execution" ], "major": true, "mode": "agent", "status": "live", "human": "frontline leads and operators decide and act", "src": "https://www.qad.com/press-release/qad-redzone-releases-ai-champions-in-its-connected-workforce-application-to-help-frontline-workers-make-better-decisions-and-drive-manufacturing-performance", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Redzone", "d": "2026-09-22", "t": "QAD | Redzone plans NVIDIA AI for plant-wide intelligence", "desc": "QAD | Redzone plans to integrate NVIDIA accelerated computing and AI into its manufacturing intelligence platform, starting with a vision foundation model for quality inspection.", "k": "partnership", "major": false, "src": "https://www.qad.com/press-release/qad-redzone-accelerates-manufacturing-intelligence-with-nvidia", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "note": "A plan, not yet shipped.", "verified": "confirmed", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Simio", "d": "2026-09-23", "t": "Simio adds built-in MCP support for generative AI tools", "desc": "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.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot", "mcp", "scheduling", "twin" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.financialcontent.com/article/bizwire-2026-9-23-aegis-software-introduces-ai-powered-interaction-for-process-simulation-and-planning-in-simio", "srcname": "Aegis release (Business Wire)", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Weever", "d": "2026-09-24", "t": "Weever Radar answers scheduled inspection questions", "desc": "Weever Radar can answer questions on scheduled inspections, including pass and fail rates, completion, on-time completion and overdue items, broken down by asset, shift, type or assignee.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "insights", "quality_events" ], "major": false, "mode": "assist", "status": "beta", "src": "https://weeversoftware.com/product-updates/product-updates-2026", "srcname": "Vendor changelog", "conf": "high", "verified": "corrected" }, { "co": "Dozuki", "d": "2026-09-28", "t": "Dozuki launches Forge AI", "desc": "Forge AI is an industrial AI layer with embedded AI for defined workflows and a dynamic AI Assistant for deeper questions and investigation. Customer data stays in each customer's Dozuki account and is not used to train shared models.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot", "insights", "instructions" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.webull.com/news/15655768091264000", "srcname": "PR Newswire (via Webull)", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "MRPeasy", "d": "2026-09-28", "t": "Mr. Peasy can answer from manufacturing orders and production data", "desc": "MRPeasy's AI assistant can be given read-only access to account data, including manufacturing orders and production statistics, to answer questions and build reports, tables and charts. Access is off by default.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot", "insights" ], "major": false, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.mrpeasy.com/blog/mrpeasy-ai-assistant-data-access/", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "high", "note": "The user manual lists manufacturing orders, routings, workstations and production statistics among the data Mr. Peasy can read.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "iTAC.MOM.Suite", "d": "2026-09-28", "t": "iTAC links CATi and the MOM Suite with a camera-based AI worker assistant", "desc": "With OPTIMUM datamanagement solutions and an electronics maker, iTAC joined its MOM Suite and CATi to an AI worker assistance system that checks assembly by camera. Shown at EFX on 6 to 8 October 2026.", "k": "partnership", "major": false, "src": "https://www.itacsoftware.com/en/media/news/news-detail/view/itac-at-efx-mom-and-ai-platform-make-worker-assistance-even-smarter-143877", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed", "caps": [] }, { "co": "IPercept", "d": "2026-09-29", "t": "IPercept raises US$16.5M Series A", "desc": "The round was co-led by Isogon Ventures and 2150, with Luminar Ventures, RunwayFBU, J12 Ventures and AI.Fund. IPercept will scale in the US, grow service partnerships and add intelligence applications to its data platform.", "k": "funding", "major": true, "src": "https://www.ipercept.com/en/news/ipercept-raises-16-5m-series-a", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Acumatica Manufacturing Edition", "d": "2026-10-01", "t": "Acumatica 2026 R2 adds AI Assistant answers on production orders", "desc": "2026 R2 expands AI Assistant manufacturing inquiries so users can ask which production orders run late, which are at risk and what materials to stage, and adds Shop Floor Kiosk 2.0 and an APS engine that schedules to the minute.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot", "insights" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.acumatica.com/corporate-newsroom/press-releases/acumatica-2026-r2-release-with-embedded-ai/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "note": "Question examples are from the vendor blog dated October 19, 2026. The APS engine is not described as AI.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "DriveX Smart Production Planning", "d": "2026-10-02", "t": "DriveX raises early-stage round for Smart Production Planning", "desc": "DriveX raised US$1.15M (roughly $950,000 in the same article) in an early-stage round from business companies and individual investors to build out its AI production planning tool and factory deployment support.", "k": "funding", "major": true, "src": "https://dealroom.co/news/158470-japans-drivex-raises-950k-to-bring-ai-to-factory-production-planning/", "srcname": "Dealroom News", "conf": "medium", "note": "Article is dated 2026-10-02 and says the startup announced in October. It gives both US$1.15M and roughly $950,000 for the round.", "verified": "corrected", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Litmus Edge", "d": "2026-10-05", "t": "Litmus Data Catalog reaches general availability", "desc": "Litmus made Data Catalog generally available. It documents definitions, tag structure, ownership and lineage, with AI behind the metadata visibility and governance.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "data_context" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://litmus.io/newsroom/litmus-launches-general-availability-of-litmus-data-catalog", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Infor CloudSuite Industrial", "d": "2026-10-06", "t": "Infor adds Manufacturing Agent and Quality Inspection Agent", "desc": "The Infor 2026.10 release adds a Manufacturing Agent that pinpoints constraints on throughput, quality and delivery and then recommends and initiates corrective action, and a Quality Inspection Agent that catches quality issues and nonconformances early and initiates containment. Infor says agents work inside governed approval workflows.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "execution", "quality_events" ], "major": true, "mode": "agent", "status": "live", "human": "Approves actions at governed decision points", "src": "https://www.infor.com/blog/infor-industry-ai-2026-10-release", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "medium", "note": "The post lists the agents for Infor LN-based CloudSuite solutions (the platform under CloudSuite Industrial Enterprise) and gives no formal availability status.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Overview", "d": "2026-10-06", "t": "Overview launches OV Spark with onboard agent Sparky", "desc": "OV Spark and OV Spark Pro are AI cameras with an onboard agent that recommends inspection tools, explains its reasoning and answers questions about what the line has run, so a quality team can build an inspection without a vision specialist.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot", "vision" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.overview.ai/news/overview-launches-ov-spark-inspection-camera/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "note": "The vendor calls Sparky an agent; it recommends and answers, so it is logged as assist.", "verified": "corrected" }, { "co": "Tulip", "d": "2026-10-06", "t": "Tulip previews Industrial Connectivity and Native MCP Connectors", "desc": "Industrial Connectivity brings machine data onto Tulip's operational record. Native MCP Connectors exchange data both ways with enterprise systems and AI tools, and Composable AI Agents work on that record.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "data_context", "mcp" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "preview", "src": "https://tulip.co/press/tulip-operational-intelligence-ai-agents-machine-data/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "SymphonyAI IRIS Foundry", "d": "2026-10-07", "t": "SymphonyAI releases IRIS Foundry 2.0", "desc": "The release adds a Cortex knowledge graph, a Cortex Agent in Copilot that traces each answer to its tag, document and work order, workflows a user describes in plain language, a library of apps and agents, and ML Studio models such as Remaining Useful Life.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "copilot", "data_context", "predictive" ], "major": true, "mode": "agent", "status": "live", "human": "Describes the task and reviews the answer", "src": "https://www.symphonyai.com/resources/iris-foundry-2-now-released-industrial-ai-platform", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "SAP Asset Management", "d": "2026-10-08", "t": "SAP adds agentic capabilities for maintenance requests, planned for Q4 2026", "desc": "New agentic capabilities for the Asset Operations Assistant will support initiating, screening and simulating maintenance requests. 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The release announces global launch together with the Poka MCP server.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "mcp" ], "major": true, "mode": "agent", "status": "live", "human": "Operations team designs the agent and sets its approvals", "src": "https://www.poka.io/en/blog/poka-launches-no-code-ai-studio-industrial-ai-agents/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Oden Technologies", "d": "2026-10-15", "t": "Oden introduces agentic root cause analysis", "desc": "Agentic root cause analysis combines LLM reasoning, conventional machine learning, site-specific knowledge and statistical checks to surface early warning signs of production failures, with a playbook of setpoint adjustments and work instructions for each root cause.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "insights", "process_opt" ], "major": true, "mode": "agent", "status": "announced", "human": "Confirms or dismisses each alert and carries out the playbook", "src": "https://oden.io/agentic-root-cause-analysis-in-manufacturing/", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "medium", "note": "The page does not say whether the feature is generally available; it invites readers to talk to the team.", "verified": "corrected" }, { "co": "Akselos Structural Performance Management", "d": "2026-10-20", "t": "Akselos launches SPM for Cokers", "desc": "SPM for Cokers feeds each cycle's operating data into one structural twin of the coke drum and reports remaining life for fatigue, bulging and crack growth separately. Released on the announcement date.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "predictive", "twin" ], "major": true, "mode": "always_on", "status": "live", "human": "Operations tune cycles and integrity teams assess remaining life", "src": "https://akselos.com/akselos-launches-spm-for-cokers/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "medium", "note": "The release uses Physics AI only in its headline; always_on is read from the cycle-by-cycle update.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Critical Manufacturing MES", "d": "2026-10-20", "t": "Version 12.0 adds a catalog of purpose-built AI agents", "desc": "The Industrial Operations Platform version 12.0 introduces AI agents that answer questions and build dashboards and user interface pages on the platform's Canonical Data Model, and customers can add their own agents.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "copilot", "insights" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.criticalmanufacturing.com/press-releases/critical-manufacturing-expands-industrial-operations-platform-with-purpose-built-ai-agents/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "note": "The release says the new capabilities are announced; it prints no general availability date. Builder agents produce output for human review and deployment.", "verified": "corrected" }, { "co": "Parsec TrakSYS", "d": "2026-10-20", "t": "TrakSYS 14.1 adds IQ Build for AI-assisted configuration", "desc": "IQ Build is an MCP server that lets a customer's AI client propose TrakSYS configuration. It shipped as the headline of TrakSYS 14.1 and is labeled an early capability.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot", "mcp" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.parsec-corp.com/news-and-events/parsec-automation-introduces-traksys-mes-ai-assisted-configuration", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "ReliVision", "d": "2026-10-20", "t": "Relimetrics releases ReliVision 6.1", "desc": "Teams describe an inspection task in natural language, add a reference image and refine the generated inspection step inside the workflow.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot", "vision" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.relimetrics.com/post/relivision-6-1-nlp-image-prompted-inspection-coding", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "Cerexio One", "d": "2026-10-21", "t": "Cerexio One framework launches with eight AI-powered industrial platforms", "desc": "Cerexio launched the Cerexio One framework at Industrial Transformation Asia-Pacific. It groups specialised platforms for engineering quotes, batch records, predictive maintenance, quality, warehouse, production control, food and beverage production and IIoT connectivity.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "execution", "predictive", "quality_events" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://cerexio.com/news/cerexio-one-itap-2026-success-story", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "medium", "note": "The release names no AI agent. It says the framework gives a foundation for progressively introducing agentic workflows with human oversight, so mode is assist. Page prints 21 October 2026 beside the headline and in the dateline. The 8 Oct 2026 pre-announcement (cerexio.com/news/cerexio-to-launch-new-ai-powered-software-series-built-on-cerexio-one-at-itap-2026-in-the-presence-of-minister) is the same launch and is not logged separately.", "verified": "confirmed" }, { "co": "TrackWise", "d": "2026-10-21", "t": "Honeywell makes the TrackWise Digital AI Processing Agent available", "desc": "An agent that processes customer complaints through resolution and links complaint details to risk. 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Tractian says it will use the money to move from predicting failures to protecting the full health of every critical machine.", "k": "funding", "major": true, "src": "https://tractian.com/en/blog/tractian-raises-series-d-to-scale-physical-ai", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "confirmed", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Honeywell Forge Plant Cognition", "d": "2026-10-26", "t": "Honeywell launches Forge Plant Cognition, an industrial AI platform for process plants", "desc": "Built on the Forge Cognition platform with NVIDIA AI and Dell infrastructure, it targets refining, petrochemical and LNG plants. It helps operators raise throughput, detect emerging issues and recommend corrective actions, and embeds process know-how in AI workflows. 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