Customer Story Spotlight
Caterpillar has plans for artificial intelligence (AI)–enabled features in its construction equipment; autonomy at scale and machine learning with computer vision, sensors, and edge computing; and Cat AI Assistant, which enables customers to engage with the company’s machines. The bigger story, however, may be the years of transformation, data preparation, and technology infrastructure leading up to Caterpillar’s big CES 2026 splash.
The company has built its stack around three key technology partnerships: NVIDIA is key to Caterpillar’s AI plans, Caterpillar’s cloud and software stack runs on Microsoft, and Snowflake is the data platform that has enabled the company’s AI efforts.
Caterpillar’s transformation highlights how there are no overnight successes in enterprise AI. Without a focus on data and cloud transformation, Caterpillar’s AI splash at CES 2026 wouldn’t have happened.
