Industrial AI’s Next Phase: Proof Before Scale
At Infinite Uptime’s CXO Circle in Bangkok, the discussion around industrial AI felt different. The room was filled with people who run plants. They weren’t asking whether AI belongs in manufacturing anymore. They were asking how…
By 2028, Plants Won’t Just Run Themselves—They’ll Tell You Why
In a few short years, the most visible change inside industrial plants won’t be new machinery—it will be silence. No more scribbled shift logs, no frantic data reconciliation between operators, and no confusion over what happened…
The AI Scaling Problem Nobody’s Solving: Why 140 Applications Delivered Zero Scale
Jason Schern, Field CTO at Cognite, reveals the uncomfortable truth about industrial AI: companies are building solutions that can’t scale beyond a single site, and it’s killing their ROI.The 140-to-Zero ProblemDuring a recent audit, a large…
Standardize Before You Scale: A CFO/COO Playbook for Best-of-Breed Without the Bloat
Every plant in a multi-site network ends up with its own stack: different sensors, dashboards, line apps, and even naming conventions. When you start planning for agentic AI—software that can coordinate and recommend actions across operations—the…
The Next Manufacturing Advantage: From Products to Intelligent, Connected Services
Machines and software are everywhere. The next competitive edge no longer comes from owning more of them — it comes from connecting, learning, and evolving faster than the competition. For manufacturers, the challenge is no longer…
IIoT and Agentic AI in Manufacturing: Audience Questions, Expert Answers
At the AI Frontiers event, the session “Agentic AI & Integrated Data Workflows: Extracting Value from Existing Manufacturing Systems” drew an engaged audience eager to probe real-world challenges. Their questions cut straight to the heart of…
Building Trust in Autonomous AI for High-Stakes Manufacturing
When factories run on thin margins and even a few minutes of downtime can cost millions, the conversation about autonomous AI shifts from can we to should we. At the “Agentic AI in Manufacturing: From Copilots to Autonomous Systems”…
Is a PoC the Right Path for Manufacturing AI?
PoCs get a bad rap in factories—they often feel like science projects that never leave the lab. They don’t have to. When a PoC is designed to prove scale, not just possibility, it becomes the fastest path…
The Most Effective Strategies for Integrating Agentic AI Into Legacy Manufacturing Environments Without a Full Overhaul
Answering the audience’s questionsManufacturing is not a greenfield playground for shiny new technology. It’s a world of legacy machines, siloed data, and decades-old dashboards that keep production running. Into this reality comes agentic AI—a powerful but new…
Managing the Rise of Agentic AI in Manufacturing
During AI Frontiers 2025, participants raised important questions about the growing role of agentic AI in manufacturing—covering topics such as regulation, interoperability, and the management of autonomous systems. While we did not have enough time to address…