BLOG
What other industrial AI vendors actually shipped this quarter, what works, and what is still constrained — written so you can choose a control platform with eyes open.
First WAVE FD440 on Interkey Brain instead of a Siemens PLC completed its first drying cycle; the AI changed its control code mid-cycle without interruption.
Read article →An AI agent runs on the cabinet itself, turning a plain-language description of a machine into working PLC logic, an operator HMI, and a guided commissioning. Proven on a production freeze dryer — commissioning cut from twelve weeks to two.
Read article →Siemens just shipped autonomous AI for TIA Portal. Real multi-step reasoning, 5x speedup, 100-customer pilot. Here is what is genuinely new, what is still constrained, and what it means if you are choosing a control platform in 2026.
Read article →Rockwell shipped a domain-specific 9B SLM fine-tuned on FactoryTalk that runs on edge appliances and air-gapped servers. The most technically interesting incumbent move of the cycle. What it means for buyers in North America.
Read article →Hans Beckhoff's framing — AI out of chat windows, into machines — converges with what we believe at Interkey. CoAgent is the most architecturally aligned competitor in the market. Here is what they shipped, and where Brain still differs.
Read article →