Hanneke Weitering is a writer and editor with AIN covering advanced air mobility and new flight technologies. She became an aviation journalist and joined the AIN team in the summer of 2022 after reporting on spaceflight and astronomy for six years at Space.com. After earning a bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, she moved to New York City to pursue a master’s degree in science, health, and environmental reporting at New York University&#039;s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. She is now based in Seattle near Boeing Field and spends her free time exploring nature in the Pacific Northwest.

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Neural Concept has introduced what it calls a “physics- and geometry-aware” artificial intelligence (AI) assistant aimed at helping aerospace, automotive, and industrial engineers tackle the growing complexity of product development.&nbsp;
Revealed on January 7 at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, the AI Design Copilot forms part of Neural Concept’s Engineering Intelligence platform and is intended to automate and accelerate the early phases of product design.&nbsp;
According to the Swiss company, the AI Design Copilot can compress weeks of manual computer-aided design (CAD) work into minutes and rapidly evaluate millions of design variants, reducing redesign work by up to 50%. Neural Concept claims it is the first enterprise-scale virtual assistant to combine spatial reasoning, physics awareness, and CAD-ready geometry generation—domains where generic large language models such as ChatGPT break down due to insufficient understanding.&nbsp;
“Our AI Design Copilot closes the loop from concept to decision, enabling engineers to explore, test, and refine designs at a scale that simply wasn’t possible before,” said company founder and CEO Pierre Baqué. “What we’re seeing across our customers is a fundamental change in how teams work: evaluating more design scenarios in parallel, uncovering optimizations earlier, and moving faster from concept to validation.
“This is Engineering AI emerging as the next great industrial shift that will empower engineers to focus on the hardest problems and deliver more efficient, safer, higher-performing products that will transform the world for the better.”
Neural Concept already counts Leonardo Aerospace and General Electric (GE) among its customers, along with Subaru, General Motors, and four Formula 1 teams.
This AI Design Copilot launch comes on the heels of a rapid growth spurt at Neural Concept. Over the past 18 months, the company has quadrupled its enterprise revenue and now supports more than 50 global customers. In December, it closed a $100 million Series C funding round led by Goldman Sachs, giving it additional capital to expand its Engineering Intelligence platform and broaden access to the new copilot, which is expected later this quarter.
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