Rockwell Automation expands FactoryTalk Conductor with Nvidia Nemotron

Rockwell Automation launched a new AI platform for factories. Then, one day later, it started expanding it. On October 22, 2026, the company said its FactoryTalk Conductor platform now supports Nvidia Nemotron open models. The platform itself had only debuted on October 21, 2026. The pitch to manufacturers is control. With open models in the mix, companies can run AI workloads on their own premises or in whatever environment they prefer, rather than being locked into one setup. What FactoryTalk Conductor actually does Rockwell describes FactoryTalk Conductor as an AI-native orchestration platform for industrial settings. It coordinates many AI tools so they work together rather than separately. Put more simply, it is software that decides which AI agent handles which job, and keeps the whole operation in sync. In a factory, those jobs can span many different systems at once. The new Nemotron support plugs Nvidia’s open models into that coordination layer. Manufacturers can pair those models with agents and skills that Rockwell Automation has validated. The headline benefits, according to the company, are deployment flexibility and the ability to keep data on-premises. The people an...