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Caterpillar Leverages Mining Automation Experience for AI Deployment

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Caterpillar is applying its decades of experience in mining automation to enhance AI deployment across various industrial applications. The company is focusing on integrating AI into its operations, including tools for technicians and software for site scanning and digital twin generation.

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Caterpillar is expanding its AI applications beyond mining to include tools for technicians and enterprise operations, alongside a significant investment in workforce training.

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Caterpillar plans to spend $100 million over the next five years to train its workforce in AI, autonomy, and robotics.

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Caterpillar has about 1.6 million connected assets globally and more than 16 petabytes of structured data.

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Caterpillar's quarterly revenue reached an all-time high of $20.5 billion in the second quarter.

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Sales in Caterpillar's power-generation division spiked 72% to $3.10 billion.

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Caterpillar is bringing to AI deployment what it learned from automating mining

TechCrunch·1h ago