- Siemens committed €1 billion to industrial AI investment
- Eigen Engineering Agent piloted with 100+ companies in 19 countries, including ANDRITZ Metals, CASMT and Prism Systems
- Company-reported results: 2-5x faster execution, up to 80% higher solution quality and 50% greater engineering efficiency
- Product is production-ready and available to over 600,000 TIA Portal users; Siemens reports 1,500+ AI experts and 2,000+ AI patent families
Overview
Siemens unveiled the Eigen Engineering Agent at Hannover Messe, a commercially available AI system that plans, executes and validates industrial automation engineering tasks end to end within real engineering systems.
Capabilities
The agent writes automation code, configures devices and HMI visualizations, iterates until predefined performance benchmarks are met, and automates repetitive engineering tasks to free engineers for system-level work.
Pilot outcomes
In pilot deployments with more than 100 companies across 19 countries, including ANDRITZ Metals, CASMT and Prism Systems, Siemens reports 2–5× faster execution, up to 80% higher solution quality and up to 50% greater engineering efficiency for assigned tasks.
Availability and context
The Eigen Engineering Agent is production-ready, available to over 600,000 TIA Portal users via the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio, and is part of Siemens’ broader industrial AI initiative, including a €1 billion investment announced in November and a reported 1,500+ AI experts and 2,000+ AI patent families.
