Rockwell Automation expands FactoryTalk Conductor with Nvidia Nemotron

On October 22, 2026, Rockwell Automation announced that its FactoryTalk Conductor platform now supports Nvidia's Nemotron open models. The platform itself had only debuted on October 21, 2026, making this expansion remarkably quick. The move gives manufacturers more control over their AI workloads, allowing them to run AI on their own premises or in their preferred environment rather than being locked into a single setup.

FactoryTalk Conductor is described as an AI-native orchestration platform for industrial settings. It coordinates multiple AI tools so they work together seamlessly rather than separately. In essence, it's software that determines which AI agent handles specific tasks while keeping the entire operation synchronized across various factory systems.