Inside the AI-Native Factory Taking Engineering Intelligence to the Shop Floor
Manufacturing intelligence is moving from diagrams and demonstrations into the factory itself. On 12 Oct 2026, L&T Technology Services launched its AI-Native EI Lab for Manufacturing and Operations in Bengaluru, creating an environment where engineering, artificial intelligence, digital twins, and autonomous systems work together.
The lab gives customers and partners a place to see AI-Native Manufacturing in action across lifecycles. Instead of treating design, simulation, operations, and physical systems as separate areas, the EI Lab connects them inside one experiential environment built for digital manufacturing.
Engineering Intelligence Enters the Factory
L&T Technology Services, listed as BSE: 540115 and NSE: LTTS, created the EI Lab to extend its Engineering Intelligence charter to the manufacturing shop floor. That move brings the company’s engineering focus into a setting where digital models, AI capabilities, and operational systems can come together around manufacturing challenges.
The EI Lab is built around multiple capability pillars that shape how the environment works. These pillars include Manufacturing Intelligence, AI-Native Factory, Operations AI & Autonomy, and LTTS’ Unified Intelligence platform.
- Manufacturing Intelligence: A capability pillar within the EI Lab focused on manufacturing intelligence.
- AI-Native Factory: The layer that combines NVIDIA technologies with digital twin workflows.
- Operations AI & Autonomy: A capability pillar centered on AI and autonomous systems.
- LTTS’ Unified Intelligence platform: A platform pillar within the EI Lab’s manufacturing environment.
Together, these pillars show the lab’s central idea: manufacturing systems can connect engineering intelligence with the physical factory. Customers and partners can experience that connection rather than only reviewing the technologies as separate tools.
An NVIDIA-Powered Layer for Digital Factory Systems
The AI-Native Factory layer uses an NVIDIA accelerated environment that brings together NVIDIA Omniverse, NVIDIA Isaac Sim, NVIDIA PhysX, NVIDIA Cosmos, NVIDIA NeMo, and OpenUSD-based digital twin workflows.
That combination gives the lab a broad technology foundation for AI-Native Manufacturing, simulation, autonomy, and digital twins. The environment is designed to show how these systems can work together across manufacturing lifecycles, creating a shared space for customers and partners to explore the factory of the future.
Vishal Dhupar, Managing Director for South Asia at NVIDIA, said, “AI is transforming how manufacturers design, simulate and operate the factories of the future.”
His statement captures the shift represented by the EI Lab. The factory is not only a place where production happens; through the lab’s digital twin and autonomous system workflows, it becomes an environment where engineering and AI can shape how manufacturing is designed, simulated, and operated.
For L&T Technology Services, the collaboration with NVIDIA adds advanced simulation and accelerated computing capabilities to the environment. The company’s engineering and manufacturing expertise then connects those capabilities with practical manufacturing solutions for its global customers.
From Demonstration to Practical Manufacturing Solutions
Amit Chadha, CEO & Managing Director of L&T Technology Services, said, “The EI Lab for Manufacturing brings Engineering Intelligence into a tangible manufacturing environment, allowing customers to experience how engineering, AI and physical systems can come together to address real-world challenges. Our collaboration with NVIDIA adds advanced simulation and accelerated computing capabilities to this environment, while our engineering & manufacturing expertise helps translate these technologies into practical manufacturing solutions for our global customers.”
That focus on tangible experience is central to the lab’s role. Customers and partners can see digital twins, autonomous systems, and AI-Native Manufacturing working together across lifecycles, giving the EI Lab a direct connection to the manufacturing environment.
L&T Technology Services offers design, development, testing, and sustenance services across products and processes. The EI Lab extends that services foundation into an environment where customers can explore how AI, engineering, and physical systems address real-world manufacturing challenges.
The scale of the company gives the lab a broad customer context. L&T Technology Services had over 23,840 employees as of June 30, 2026, and its customer base includes 69 Fortune 500 companies and 57 top ER&D companies.
- Over 23,840 employees as of June 30, 2026
- 69 Fortune 500 companies in its customer base
- 57 top ER&D companies in its customer base
- Design, development, testing, and sustenance services across products and processes
The EI Lab now places those capabilities inside a manufacturing setting that customers and partners can experience firsthand. Its combination of NVIDIA accelerated technologies, OpenUSD-based digital twin workflows, autonomous systems, and LTTS engineering expertise points toward a connected model for manufacturing innovation.
As AI transforms how factories are designed, simulated, and operated, the AI-Native EI Lab gives L&T Technology Services a dedicated environment to demonstrate that transformation. The next phase of manufacturing intelligence is taking shape where digital models, engineering systems, and physical operations meet.
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