The Ultimate Guide to Digital twins
A curated Canadian edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for Digital twins.
What to know about Digital twins
Digital twins represent a cutting-edge technology that creates virtual replicas of physical environments, systems, or processes. These digital counterparts allow organizations to simulate, analyze, and optimize real-world operations in a dynamic virtual setting. By bridging the physical and digital worlds, digital twins are transforming diverse sectors, from transportation and manufacturing to urban planning and supply chain management.
Exploring our stories on digital twins reveals how companies worldwide leverage this technology to enhance efficiency, improve decision-making, and support sustainability goals. Readers can learn about the latest advancements, including AI-integrated simulations, digital twin marketplaces, and industrial metaverse applications. Understanding digital twins offers valuable insights into how enterprises drive innovation, manage complex systems, and prepare for the digital future.
Canadian Digital twins News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
QBE warns ransomware is top construction cyber threat
Each incident can halt site operations for 24 days on average as attackers exploit the sector's growing use of connected digital tools.
Safe Software wins data integration platform award
Used by more than 20,000 organisations, FME has been recognised for simplifying data access as Safe Software expands into AI and digital twins.
6G in Canada: Terahertz research drives early work
Room-temperature terahertz detectors could help Canada’s 6G networks gain more bandwidth, faster data and lower latency within years.
NAV Canada report says drones to reshape low-level airspace
Canada’s air traffic system may need fresh investment as drone and air mobility flights are forecast to top 21 million by 2045.
Waterloo's Mappedin raises USD $24.5M for city-scale mapping
Mappedin will use fresh funding to extend its indoor maps beyond single buildings, giving responders and venues shared location data.
Conscience launches AI medicines fund for Canadian teams
Canadian researchers and firms can now seek up to CAD $1 million per project as a new programme backs AI tools for drug discovery and trials.
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Gartner says more than 10% of firms will be AI-first
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Aveva unveils AI & data updates across industrial suite
Gartner warns misconfigured AI could halt G20 power
NETSCOUT boosts 5G slicing visibility for operators
Gartner maps nine AI-driven work trends CHROs face by 2026
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AI models help Canadian farmers turn data into decisions
AI “digital twins” are quietly transforming Canadian farms, turning torrents of data into practical decisions on crops, cash and resilience.
IBM, Polytechnique Montréal launch sustainable forest AI
IBM and Polytechnique Montréal partner to develop AI and quantum tech tools for sustainable management in Canada's CAD $33.4 billion forestry sector.
Edge Total Intelligence secures CAD $5m private placement
Edge Total Intelligence has successfully raised CAD $4,999,490 through a private placement, aiming to enhance its AI-powered Digital Twins technology.
Siemens launches AI software to scale industrial use
Industrial groups may cut manual effort and speed up issue resolution as Siemens pushes AI from pilots into governed production workflows.
Altimetrik named GCC challenger in two ISG categories
The recognition underlines rising demand for AI-enabled delivery centres as enterprises rethink offshore hubs for product and engineering work.
Vertiv launches AI factory digital twin with NVIDIA
Data centre operators could cut design changes and integration risk as Vertiv's virtual model simulates power, cooling and controls before build-out begins.
Nvidia unveils tools for enterprise AI agents
Software groups in chip design and healthcare are already using Nvidia's new agent tools to automate complex workflows with tighter security controls.
TSMC uses Nvidia AI to boost chip factory efficiency
Chipmakers face higher costs and slower production as TSMC deploys Nvidia AI across lithography, inspection and fab scheduling.
Quanscient raises EUR 10 million to expand AI software
The Finnish start-up says the cash will speed international expansion as hardware teams seek faster, cheaper simulation for complex designs.
Brightly adds AI tools for asset management systems
The update aims to ease manual data entry and give maintenance teams better visibility as organisations struggle with fragmented asset records.
Dell expands AI Factory with NVIDIA for enterprise use
Enterprises can now run more AI projects on their own infrastructure as Dell adds data tools, racks and partner software to its NVIDIA tie-up.
SAS launches AI supply chain agent in industry push
Retailers and manufacturers could get near real-time planning help as SAS opens a private preview of a supply chain agent.
FPT, Intel partner on AI-driven factory optimisation
Manufacturers could cut bottlenecks and speed output as the pair link live data, simulation and AI across factory systems.
Ntt Data launches AI agent for multivendor IT estates
It aims to cut manual work for IT teams by unifying multivendor infrastructure management through natural language prompts and human oversight.
SUSE unveils AI partnerships amid sovereignty push
Many firms still struggle to turn digital sovereignty aims into action, despite SUSE's new AI and infrastructure deals with NVIDIA and others.
Adobe adds brand intelligence to GenStudio marketing tools
Marketers could gain tighter oversight as Adobe ties AI agents to brand guidelines, approvals and performance data across GenStudio.
Casting a wide net: Vection Technologies' push across emerging tech markets
Investor attention is shifting to Vection Technologies as it bets on AI, XR and acquisitions to win contracts across defence, healthcare and real estate.
GreyOrange launches AI simulator for warehouse planning
It aims to help warehouse operators cut the risk of costly retrofits by testing automation and labour scenarios before spending capital.
Neara adopts ClickHouse ClickStack for observability
It should help Neara's engineers resolve incidents more than 50% faster as the utility software company handles seven terabytes of data a month.