The Future of AI in Manufacturing

More than 350 leading manufacturers gathered in Boston for Paperless Parts’ annual user conference, POWER 2026. No session drew more attention than the AI panel, which included a rare assembly of executives who shape how AI gets built, sold, and deployed across manufacturing. Moderated by industry veteran Jim Baum, who described four decades of front-row seats to “every platform shift” from mainframe CAD to the cloud, this panel featured:

Jon Stevenson, Chief Product Officer at PTC, the nearly $3B digital thread company whose customers include Airbus, Blue Origin, Toyota, BMW, as well as the AI giants themselves: Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Nvidia, and Google.
Jason Ray, Co-Founder and CEO of Paperless Parts, the leader in manufacturing quoting software built to help manufacturers use AI to quote faster and make better decisions in the front office.
Steffen Dilger, President of the Production Software Division at Hexagon, in from Frankfurt to share the perspective of one of the world’s leading industrial technology companies.
Robin Tuluie Ph.D., founder of London-based PhysicsX, a physicist whose Formula One pedigree includes engineering work with Mercedes-AMG Petronas.

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