Siemens announce partnership with Xometry to embed AI-native supply chain intelligence into Siemens Xcelerator
Siemens has partnered with Xometry to embed proprietary manufacturability, pricing, sourcing and lifecycle intelligence directly into the design digital thread, within Siemens Xcelerator.
The price-aware, natively integrated solution with system-owned capabilities aims to create a ‘design-to-source digital thread’.
“Xometry and Siemens share a common opportunity: embed AI directly into the design digital thread, putting manufacturability, pricing, sourcing and execution intelligence in front of engineers at the instant design decisions are made,” said Xometry co-founder and CEO Randy Altschuler.
“This partnership enables us to deliver intelligence to engineers inside the design systems and workflows where manufacturing decisions are made. When that intelligence is embedded inside the world’s leading industrial software, everyone wins,” he added.
Xometry offers millions of part files, design feedback from real-world manufacturers and production outcomes across a global supplier network of more than 5,000 active suppliers.
Its models are built and refined on real-world feedback to provide design for manufacturing (DFM) AI and the Xometry Instant Quoting Engine (IQE) to deliver part price and quality.
Siemens’ Supplyframe brings design-to-source intelligence across electronic components, and Xometry extends that intelligence into standard and custom mechanical parts.
“By infusing Siemens’ comprehensive digital twin expertise and industrial AI innovation with large-scale, AI-driven manufacturing intelligence, we’re breaking down the boundary between design and production for our customers,” said president and CEO of Siemens Digital Industries Software Tony Hemmelgarn.
The partnership includes integration of Thomas to bring design-to-source intelligence for both electronic and mechanical components, along with the bill of materials.
“Our partnership with Xometry enables us to leverage AI to deliver the intelligence captured from millions of manufactured custom parts directly into the design process, empowering designers to work smarter, faster, and with greater impact,” added Hemmelgarn.
The collaboration will be a native integrated workflow not requiring separate logins and will provide access to real-time feedback on design feasibility, manufacturing options, pricing and lead times directly within Siemens’ Designcenter.
As designs progress, the collaboration extends beyond design into execution visibility, allowing teams to move from digital intent to physical production with fewer handoffs and greater transparency.
Siemens is purchasing approximately $50 million of Xometry Class A common stock, citing a conviction that AI-powered execution intelligence will be a defining source of differentiation in the next generation of industrial software.
