Marking the first step towards domain-specific AI across further areas of vehicle deployment
The BMW Group and Mistral AI have partnered to advance the use of AI in crash simulation, aiming to improve quality, accuracy and speed in complex engineering tasks
The collaboration is the first step towards scaling domain-specific AI across further areas of vehicle deployment and the BMW Group value chain.
Dr Franz Decker, CIO and senior vice president of the BMW Group, said, “For the BMW Group, the use of industrial data is a key factor in translating artificial intelligence into value creation. By combining our engineering datasets with Mistral AI’s model training capabilities, we are building specialised AI which supports complex development tasks.”
The scale and complexity of crash simulation at the BMW Group emphasise the need for domain-specific AI, as the company runs thousands of virtual crash simulations each week, generating large volumes of engineering data.
Over time, these simulations have resulted in a historical dataset of over one petabyte of crash simulation data, providing insights into vehicle structures and material behaviour, and forming a unique foundation for training an industrial AI model.
Marjorie Janiewicz, chief revenue officer of Mistral AI, said, “As Industrial AI becomes the new frontier for AI, we are proud to partner with the BMW Group. This collaboration shows how industry-specific AI models can help solve complex engineering challenges such as crash simulation.”
To scale this approach, the BMW Group is focusing on Large Industry Models (LIMs), which are AI systems trained on industry-specific engineering and simulation data from vehicle deployment and safety testing.
LIMs can embed domain-specific knowledge into the AI model; this requires industrial data, deep domain expertise, and technical environments that enable AI systems to learn from BMW’s development process.
The partnership underscores the importance of industrial data for the next phase of data-driven value creation and reinforces BMW Group’s AI and innovation ecosystem.
