Siemens joins Genesis Mission

Siemens announced on Wednesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Energy to participate in the Genesis Mission, a government initiative to leverage the U.S. high-performance computing infrastructure to spur innovation in artificial intelligence.

In a press release, Siemens said it will “provide industrial technology” to support the Genesis Mission, chiefly bringing physics-informed simulation, digital twins, automation systems and secure infrastructure into a connected industrial tech stack. Other collaboration areas will feature interoperable, secure and industrial-grade digital infrastructure to help advance AI-enabled research ecosystems.

Unlike other Genesis participants, such as OpenAI and xAI, Siemens said that it will be supporting deep domain AI workflows rather than a model or single point solution. 

“Siemens has a long history of trusted partnership with the U.S. government, supporting scientific leadership and industrial competitiveness,” Siemens Corporation’s interim president and CEO, Ann Fairchild, said in a statement. “The ...