Dirac and Microsoft Unite AI-Driven Process Planning for Enterprise Manufacturers

Dirac, Inc., has partnered with Microsoft to bring AI-driven process planning to enterprise manufacturers. The collaboration allows Dirac's BuildOS platform to run on Microsoft Azure, providing manufacturers with a live, connected model of their products and factories. This system generates process plans, work instructions, and change propagation, reducing the time it takes to create work instructions by up to 95%.

BuildOS uses AI to parse new designs, draft plans, and propagate engineering changes, allowing engineers to approve instead of authoring. The platform has reported significant improvements for manufacturers across aerospace & defense, industrial equipment, and agriculture and construction machinery.

The partnership between Dirac and Microsoft enables manufacturers to run BuildOS on Azure Virtual Machines, with GPU-enabled processing for CAD and 3D rendering. This integration allows customers to manage application data in Azure DB for PostgreSQL and store customer CAD files in Azure Blob Storage, all encrypted with customer-managed keys held in Azure Key Vault.

Dirac's co-founder and CEO, Fil Aronshtein, stated that the company is expanding its work with Microsoft to increase visibility across the aerospace & defense and industrial base. By working with Microsoft, Dirac can reach manufacturers who have already committed to using Azure.