What if the climate cooled, tensions thawed and the sky was a clear blue? What if power outages were a thing of the past and our businesses were future ready? What if our digital footprints were no more dangerous than our physical ones and the only limits to a better world were the limits of our own imagination? What if this weren't just a pipe dream, but a possibility, even a promise? Because while prosperity is an ambition, not a guarantee, progress awaits and technology is the most powerful tool humanity has. With technology, we can build a digital blueprint for a better world. Where AI enabled smart grids accelerate the energy transition and the products we buy exceed our increasing expectations. Where electrified transportation is not only sustainable, but also efficient, consistent, resilient. Where buildings self optimize, healthcare is personalized and the next big idea is just one leap away. This is what's possible when data combines with advanced technologies to reveal industrial insights. And those insights enable us to decarbonize our communities. It's the promise of software defined machines that adapt to ever changing conditions and give us ever better goods. Robots that pick and pack with human like precision and co pilots who understand and advise so humans are free to do the work that only humans can do. It's the power of industrial AI fundamentally transforming the way we commute, consume, create, play, work. It is the impact of Siemens, our ecosystem of partners, our customers together using the best of digital innovation to create a better real world today and for every day that follows. This is technology to transform the everyday for everyone. Please welcome to the stage Peter Koerte.
Well, good afternoon. It's great to be here at CES with you this year. Last year we were at CES to talk about the industrial metaverse, about the three building blocks, what it takes to build it. We talked about physics based digital twins, software defined automation and we spoke about AI. Now this year we are here because we know that on everybody's mind is: is AI overhyped? And we'll show you today that the answer is absolutely not. Why? Because AI is going to create real impact across all the industries that we at Siemens serve today. We have a lot of news to share with you in the next 40 minutes. We're going to announce five new AI powered products, a very exciting partnership with Jet Zero to completely reimagine air travel, and collaborations with our ecosystem partners to scale our impact. Incremental change and iterative innovation are natural human inclinations, but in the face of an environmental crisis, geopolitical instability and shortage of skilled labor, we don't need steps, we need leaps. At Siemens we are giving our customers the confidence to take those leaps by fundamentally transforming the way industry operates through industrial AI. Industrial AI needs to be safe, reliable and trustworthy. AI needs a lot of data, and while we are about to run out of data for training large language models, in the industrial world it's very different. There are 17 billion smart devices out there, twice the population of the planet, growing by almost 20% every year, generating enormous amounts of data. 80% of that data is not used. But with industrial AI we can turn this data into impact. Today we have more than 30 AI powered applications. For example, in buildings we use AI to manage cooling systems, reducing energy use and carbon emissions by 30%. In energy grids, we help increase grid capacity by 30% and manage fluctuating renewable sources. In factories, there is a shortage of skilled labor; the average factory worker's experience has dropped from 20 years to three. Industrial productivity is down 10%, product recalls up 33%, workplace fatalities up 9%. The Siemens Industrial Copilot, developed with Microsoft, functions like a smart, experienced colleague available 24/7 to help set up, program and troubleshoot machines. Already more than a hundred companies are using it. We are now bringing the Industrial Copilot down to the industrial edge, so it sits right beside the customer's machines, processing data on the factory floor with high performance compute from Nvidia. Customer data is secure, latency is lower, costs are lower. These are just a few examples. So yes, AI is a lot more than hype. And you get even greater value when you combine industrial AI with digital twins. Therefore I want to bring out one of our customers who is doing exactly that. Please welcome the co-founder and CEO of JetZero, Tom O'Leary. Hey, Tom.
How are you, Peter? I'm great. How do you feel?
Fantastic. So happy to be here.
We are too, because we talked about taking leaps and not steps, and that's exactly what you're doing at JetZero. You are fundamentally changing the way we think about air travel. So maybe you can tell us a little bit about this airplane we see in the back.
Yeah, absolutely. When you look at this airplane, the shape is the new technology. It's brand new from tip to tail, but we're using existing systems to speed entry into market. The shape allows us to address everything the market demands. With a blended wing, you can have an incredible step change in efficiency. That's what our airlines need most. This plane is just what the doctor ordered.
Looks terrific. Now, building something like this requires cutting-edge technology. Why did you choose Siemens as your technology partner?
This is an incredibly bold challenge to bring a new commercial plane to market. We needed to partner with the global leader in manufacturing technology. It's about the design and also the technology to make those designs real, from the digital twin into manufacturing and automation. Siemens offers us a fully integrated platform, which is critical for us to realize this vision. We need to gain insights and look at full-scale production before we ever break ground. Together we're creating a roadmap from engineering design to full rate production.
We are very glad to announce today that JetZero and Siemens have signed an agreement on technology that will revolutionize the future of air travel. Your blended wing aircraft is due to debut by 2030. That sounds ambitious.
2030 is right around the corner. The only way to collapse the timeframe is with industrial AI. It's critical. Siemens provides us with the fundamentals: design tools, digital twin, digital thread, all the way to building the factory of the future. Our vision is that Siemens will show us how AI will accelerate everything from design to manufacturing.
What we like about what you're doing is that you want to create the world's first aircraft that is fully digital, from digital design to digital production to digital maintenance. What does that mean starting with design?
This is a great big challenge. The digital twin is a strategic competitive advantage. We can begin with the end in mind, simulate virtually, de-risk the manufacturing process, and scale our processes long before we take these planes to the skies. It's a leap forward.
You can immerse yourself in that digital twin to design and collaborate globally. Last year at CES we showed a groundbreaking product: the Sony head mounted display for immersive engineering. It's now available for purchase. It has 4K OLED micro displays, precise finger controllers, and four tracking sensors. Originally developed by Sony for their own engineers using our software, they partnered with us to offer it to customers. How would you envision using such a device?
We can't wait to get our hands on it. We plan to use it for maintenance, manufacturing, inspections, and design. The ability to engage at human scale and collaborate globally will provide extraordinary speed and insight.
