On Monday, 21 October, Honeywell announced a strategic partnership with Google that integrates artificial intelligence with industrial data to enhance operational efficiency. The collaboration aims to amalgamate AI agents with industrial assets, workforce, and processes to make them safer and more autonomous.
This partnership will combine the natural language processing capabilities of Alaphbet’s Google Gemini on Google Vertex with datasets on Honeywell Forge, the leading IoT platform. The combination of these technologies will create many opportunities across the industrial sector, including reduced maintenance costs, increased operational productivity, and employee upskilling. One of the first solutions built with Google Cloud AI will be available to the Honeywell customers in 2025.
Vimal Kapur, Chairman and CEO of Honeywell, said, “The path of autonomy requires assets working harder, people working smarter, and processes working more efficiently. By combining Google’s AI technology with Honeywell’s deep domain experience, customers will receive unparalleled and actionable insights, bridging digital and physical worlds.”
Echoing his vision, the CEO of Google Cloud said, “Our partnership with Honeywell represents a significant step forward in bringing the transformative power of AI to industrial operations.”He added, “With Gemini on Vertex AI, combined with Honeywell’s industrial data and expertise, we are creating new opportunities to optimize processes, empowering the workforce and driving meaningful business outcomes for industrial organizations worldwide.”
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As the baby boomer generation is approaching retirement, the industrial sector will face significant labor and skill shortages. The demographic shift presents a considerable challenge, bringing a skill gap. Honeywell and Google’s collaboration aims to address this issue by providing solutions that enhance workforce productivity and streamline operations.
Alongside productivity gains, Honeywell and Google plan to enhance cybersecurity measures by integrating Google’s Threat Intelligence with Honeywell’s cybersecurity products. Honeywell might also explore Google’s AI capabilities with edge devices for more intelligent and real-time decision-making.
