Siemens Cre8Ventures Welcomes Monumo to the Digital ...

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Exploring how AI-driven multiphysics optimisation can accelerate the development of more efficient, cost-effective and manufacturable electric machines and industrial systems. Siemens Cre8Ventures is pleased to welcome Monumo to its Digital Twin Marketplace ecosystem , expanding opportunities to connect advanced engineering optimisation technologies with real-world industrial challenges. Monumo has developed an AI-driven multiphysics simulation and optimisation platform designed to transform how electric machines and drive systems are engineered. By combining electromagnetic, mechanical and thermal simulation with massively parallel AI-driven optimisation, Monumo can explore millions of potential design variations in hours, helping engineers identify opportunities to improve performance, efficiency and manufacturing economics. The collaboration will explore how Monumo’s capabilities can complement the broader Siemens industrial and digital engineering ecosystem, creating new opportunities across industrial automation, robotics, mobility and electrification. The ambition is straightforward: Help industrial customers move from complex engineering challenges to commercially viable, optimised solutions — faster and with less risk. The Challenge: Engineering Better Systems, Not Just Better Components Industrial manufacturers face increasing pressure to reduce costs, improve energy efficiency and accelerate product development. Electric motors and drive systems are central to this challenge. They power industrial machinery, robotic systems, manufacturing equipment and electric transportation. Yet traditional engineering approaches frequently require designers to evaluate trade-offs between individual components, including motors, inverters, mechanical systems and thermal performance. Optimising one component does not necessarily produce the best overall system. Manufacturing constraints introduce further complexity. A technically superior design offers limited value if it cannot be manufactured economically using existing production processes. The opportunity is to optimise the complete system while accounting for real-world manufacturing requirements. Monumo: AI-Driven Optimisation at System Level Monumo approaches this challenge by combining integrated multiphysics simulation with massively parallel optimisation. Its technology can evaluate electric machines alongside inverter behaviour, switching patterns, thermal characteristics and mechanical considerations. Rather than simply simulating a predetermined design, Monumo explores extensive design spaces to identify potentially better engineering outcomes. These may include: • Lower manufacturing costs:  Identifying designs that reduce bill-of-materials costs while respecting production constraints. • Improved energy efficiency:  Exploring alternative motor and drive configurations to reduce electrical losses. • Higher performance:  Optimising torque, power density and other critical operating characteristics. • Faster engineering exploration:  Evaluating large numbers of design variations to accelerate design-space exploration. • AI-ready engineering data:  Generating simulation datasets that can support machine learning and future engineering applications. Importantly, Monumo incorporates customer-specific manufacturing constraints into its optimisation process. This helps connect advanced engineering optimisation with the practical requirements of industrial production. Two Complementary Routes to Industrial Value Through the Siemens Cre8Ventures Digital Twin Marketplace ecosystem, the collaboration will explore two complementary approaches. 1. Operate Through the Marketplace Connecting Monumo’s existing technology with Siemens industrial businesses and their customers. The first route focuses on introducing Monumo’s optimisation capabilities to relevant Siemens businesses and industrial customers with established engineering challenges. Potential areas include Siemens Digital Industries Software, industrial automation and mobility. Illustrative opportunity: Industrial Motor Cost-Down Consider an industrial manufacturer seeking to reduce the cost of a 15 kW conveyor motor and inverter system without compromising efficiency, thermal performance or manufacturing feasibility. Monumo could use its optimisation platform to explore alternative designs against the manufacturer’s existing engineering and production constraints. Siemens Cre8Ventures would help facilitate engagement with relevant Siemens teams and potential industrial customers. The objective would be to establish a commercially funded optimisation project with measurable outcomes. The starting point is the customer problem, not a requirement to integrate new software. Where appropriate, the collaboration could also explore how Monumo’s capabilities complement existing Siemens simulation and engineering optimisation workflows. 2. Operate Alongside the Marketplace Combining complementary ecosystem capabilities around customer-led industrial missions. The second route explores opportunities where Monumo, Siemens and potentially other ecosystem partners collaborate to address more complex engineering challenges. One potential application is Factory-One , the Siemens Cre8Ventures industrial robotics mission. Factory-One: Optimising Robotic Electric Drives Industrial robotics manufacturers face increasing pressure to develop systems that are lighter, more energy-efficient, adaptable and cost-effective. Electric motors, actuators and drive systems play an important role in determining robotic performance, reliability and manufacturing economics. A potential Factory-One mission could focus on optimising the electric drive system of a six-axis industrial robot. Monumo could contribute AI-driven motor and inverter optimisation, while relevant Siemens capabilities could support broader simulation, engineering validation and industrialisation. The mission would seek measurable improvements in areas such as: • Motor and drive manufacturing costs. • Torque density and weight. • Energy efficiency and thermal performance. • Reliability under defined operating conditions. • Compatibility with existing manufacturing processes. Additional ecosystem partners could contribute complementary capabilities where required. The objective would be to secure a robotics manufacturer with a defined engineering challenge and commercial commitment before progressing into substantive development. Beyond Robotics: Exploring Broader Industrial Opportunities Although electric motor optimisation provides an immediate starting point, the potential applications extend across several industrial sectors. Industrial Electrification Exploring opportunities to improve motor and drive-system economics across industrial equipment and manufacturing applications. Mobility Investigating how system-level optimisation could support more efficient and cost-effective electric traction and auxiliary drive systems. Energy Infrastructure and Data Centres Exploring future applications involving power converters, transformers and solid-state transformers. These latter applications represent longer-term technology development opportunities rather than currently validated Monumo product capabilities. The collaboration will therefore prioritise technically mature applications while identifying customer-led opportunities that could help guide future development. From Technology Potential to Commercial Outcomes Siemens Cre8Ventures takes a mission-led approach to collaborative innovation. Rather than beginning with extensive technology integration or unfunded engineering programmes, the focus is on identifying real industrial challenges and connecting them with differentiated ecosystem capabilities. The proposed progression is straightforward: Identify the challenge → Validate the technology fit → Secure commercial sponsorship → Deliver measurable outcomes. For Monumo, this means exploring opportunities to bring its existing optimisation technology to Siemens industrial customers while identifying potential applications where broader ecosystem collaboration creates additional value. For Siemens businesses and industrial customers, the opportunity is to evaluate emerging technologies against specific engineering and commercial requirements. For the wider ecosystem, it creates a framework for connecting specialised innovation with established industrial routes to market. A Commercially Driven Approach The guiding principle is simple: No Payer, No Program. Meaningful engineering investment follows a defined customer requirement, agreed success criteria and appropriate commercial sponsorship. Building the Next Generation of Industrial Optimisation The proposed collaboration between Monumo and Siemens Cre8Ventures reflects a shared interest in making advanced engineering technologies more accessible and commercially relevant. As industrial systems become increasingly complex, the ability to optimise performance, cost, energy efficiency and manufacturability across multiple engineering disciplines will become more important. By connecting Monumo’s AI-driven optimisation capabilities with Siemens’ industrial ecosystem, the collaboration aims to explore practical opportunities to accelerate engineering innovation and create measurable customer value. The next step is to identify industrial customers and partners with compelling electric machine or drive-system optimisation challenges. An Invitation to Collaborate Siemens industrial teams, manufacturers, robotics developers and ecosystem partners interested in exploring AI-driven electric machine optimisation are invited to engage with Siemens Cre8Ventures. Whether the challenge involves reducing motor manufacturing costs, improving robotic drive efficiency or exploring next-generation industrial electrification, the starting point remains the same: Bring a real industrial problem. Together, we can explore the technology, partners and commercial model needed to solve it. About Monumo Monumo develops AI-driven multiphysics simulation and optimisation technology for electric machines and drive systems. Its approach combines high-fidelity engineering simulation with massively parallel optimisation to explore improved designs against performance, cost and manufacturing requirements. About Siemens Cre8Ventures Siemens Cre8Ventures is a collaborative venturing initiative within Siemens Digital Industries Software. It brings together emerging technology companies, industrial businesses, investors, academia and government stakeholders to accelerate the development and commercial adoption of advanced technologies through customer-led missions and its Digital Twin Marketplace ecosystem.