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AECO industry on AI journey

Bentley says open data infrastructure is a key element.

Karen Moltenbrey

The AECO industry generates a huge amount of data, and AI tools can help make that data more useful. At its annual Year in Infrastructure event, Bentley Systems’ CEO explained how artificial intelligence is having a transformative effect on the industry and introduced the company’s latest AI-powered offerings.

Bentley Systems on an AI journey of its own with new offerings.
OpenSite+ software with copilot uses organization-specific documents and design models for quick insights and edits. (Source: Bentley Systems)

CEO Nicholas Cumins detailed how AI is creating a new paradigm shift for the AECO industry. He also explained how Bentley is harnessing and expanding the power of AI to enable its users to do more and be more productive, outlining why an open data ecosystem is important in this journey. Bentley then introduced two new AI-powered offerings: a new product portfolio called Bentley Asset Analytics, which leverages AI to generate insights into the operating conditions of existing infrastructure assets, and OpenSite+, a new engineering application for civil site design that features generative AI capabilities.

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