{"id":11740,"date":"2025-01-13T17:41:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T22:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/?p=11740"},"modified":"2026-03-26T15:16:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:16:38","slug":"teamcenter-ai-chat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/cloud-talk-today\/teamcenter-ai-chat\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep. 3: A game changer? Siemens\u2019 Bala Kondur on the new GenAI-enhanced PLM capabilities in Teamcenter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We all know what a powerful PLM tool Teamcenter has become. It\u2019s 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\u2019re going to talk about it.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"embed-megaphone\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm?e=TLFIE8888057122\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><!-- Megaphone -->\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This episode highlights the new GenAI feature now available in Teamcenter, one of the world\u2019s most popular PLM tools. Referred to as \u201cTeamcenter AI Chat\u201d 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\u201d or RAG.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Topics covered in this episode:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gen AI\u2019s impact on design and production efficiency statistics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Machine Learning vs AI vs GenAI<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The role AWS plays with Siemens AI capabilities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Teamcenter\u2019s AI chat availability (Cloud and On-prem)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The distinct types of data formats that Teamcenter AI chat supports<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What is Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The benefits of Teamcenter AI Chat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How does Teamcenter AI Chat differ from Chat GPT<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to get started on Teamcenter AI Chat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Want to learn more about the partnership?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The podcast is a great way to learn about the Siemens and AWS strategic collaboration. We\u2019re glad you\u2019re here. For a deeper dive, please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sw.siemens.com\/en-US\/digital-transformation\/cloud\/siemens-aws-partnership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">partnership website<\/a>. Also, numerous <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/aws\/\">Siemens\/AWS blogs<\/a> have been written covering a variety of interesting topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Meet the team:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:24% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"926\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/01\/Bala-Kondur-pic-1-1024x926.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11743 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/01\/Bala-Kondur-pic-1-1024x926.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/01\/Bala-Kondur-pic-1-600x542.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/01\/Bala-Kondur-pic-1-768x694.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/01\/Bala-Kondur-pic-1-1536x1388.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/01\/Bala-Kondur-pic-1-900x814.jpg 900w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/01\/Bala-Kondur-pic-1.jpg 1592w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Guest: Bala Kondur<\/strong><br>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/balakondur\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connect with Bala on LinkedIn<br><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 21%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">H<strong>ost: Scott Salzwedel<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>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. 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