Caterpillar is bringing to AI deployment what it learned from automating mining
TechCrunch 1 month ago 3
Caterpillar is using its experience automating mining and connected equipment to deploy AI across construction and technician workflows, including a voice-driven Cat AI Assistant. Caterpillar has about 1.6 million connected assets and more than 16 petabytes of structured data, and it plans to spend $100 million over the next five years to train its workforce in AI, autonomy, and robotics. The shift requires changing jobsite workflows and employee roles, including moving some operators to remote oversight and expanding AI-related training for 118,000 employees.