At the 3DEXPERIENCE World 2026 conference, Pascal Daloz, the chief executive of Dassault Systèmes, introduced what he called the "generative economy," a concept that departs sharply from the traditional manufacturing economy's emphasis on physical output. In this emerging model, the accumulation of knowledge and expertise—not the volume of goods produced—becomes the primary source of value. In the age of artificial intelligence, he argued, expertise is poised to become a new form of currency.
Amazon is in discussions to secure special access to OpenAI's technology as it considers a multibillion-dollar equity investment in the AI company, according to a report by The Information. The talks highlight how major cloud providers are seeking closer relationships with leading AI model developers as competition in consumer and enterprise AI accelerates.
Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang said the world has entered a decisive moment of reindustrialization, marked by what he described as the largest wave of industrial infrastructure construction in human history. Investment is expected to reach into the trillions, or even tens of trillions of dollars. To ensure that such costly infrastructure is built right, manufacturing is moving toward a model defined by software, driven by artificial intelligence and anchored by digital twin technology.
Alphabet Inc. capped a historic fiscal year with a record-breaking surge in infrastructure spending, signaling an aggressive bid to cement its dominance in the artificial intelligence era.
