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Ep. 3: A game changer? Siemens’ Bala Kondur on the new GenAI-enhanced PLM capabilities in Teamcenter

We all know what a powerful PLM tool Teamcenter has become. It’s a world leader. Can you imagine what users could do with a built-in AI chat feature? Wonder no longer. That momentous day is here and we’re going to talk about it.

In our third episode of Cloud Talk Today, your host, Scott Salzwedel, is joined by Bala Kondur, principal technical product manager from the Siemens Teamcenter group. Bala is responsible for the product management of Teamcenter, and more specifically, the areas that focus on artificial intelligence and search-related capabilities.

This episode highlights the new GenAI feature now available in Teamcenter, one of the world’s most popular PLM tools. Referred to as “Teamcenter AI Chat” this dynamic new capability promises to empower users and teams alike with new levels of efficiency and productivity. Bala also talks about the critical role AWS is playing and discusses what makes this AI chat feature so unique. (Hint: It has to do with Retrieval Augmented Generation” or RAG.)

Topics covered in this episode:

  • Gen AI’s impact on design and production efficiency statistics
  • Machine Learning vs AI vs GenAI
  • The role AWS plays with Siemens AI capabilities
  • Teamcenter’s AI chat availability (Cloud and On-prem)
  • The distinct types of data formats that Teamcenter AI chat supports
  • What is Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)?
  • The benefits of Teamcenter AI Chat
  • How does Teamcenter AI Chat differ from Chat GPT
  • How to get started on Teamcenter AI Chat

Want to learn more about the partnership?

The podcast is a great way to learn about the Siemens and AWS strategic collaboration. We’re glad you’re here. For a deeper dive, please visit our partnership website. Also, numerous Siemens/AWS blogs have been written covering a variety of interesting topics.


Meet the team:

Guest: Bala Kondur
Bala is part of the Digital Industries Software Division at Siemens, focused on product management for the Teamcenter PLM application. His role is specifically around the areas of product management as it relates to artificial intelligence and search-related capabilities in the Teamcenter product, Teamcenter platform and Teamcenter framework.

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Host: Scott Salzwedel

Scott is a senior technical marketing writer for Siemens Digital Industries Software. In addition to hosting podcasts, Scott writes numerous articles, blogs, white papers, videos and various other types of communication relating to AWS, Siemens Xcelerator and digital transformation. He also created the podcast series Talking Aerospace Today.

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Welcome to Cloud Talk Today, a podcast highlighting the strategic collaboration between Siemens and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Technology continues to evolve at a record pace – especially in the cloud. Whether it’s transitioning to the cloud, digital transformation, AI or GenAI, virtual and augmented realties, or whatever comes next, this podcast tries to makes sense of emerging technologies as they relate to the cloud.

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This article first appeared on the Siemens Digital Industries Software blog at https://blogs.sw.siemens.com/podcasts/cloud-talk-today/teamcenter-ai-chat/