Caterpillar and CoreWeave shorten the learning loop for physical AI

Caterpillar and CoreWeave are collaborating to train physical AI for construction equipment. Caterpillar has amassed about 18 petabytes of federated data from machines, dealers and customers, while CoreWeave provides GPU capacity and applied expertise. The data processing loop has shrunk from months to hours.

• Caterpillar holds about 18 petabytes of federated machine and customer data
• A single machine generates terabytes of lidar, camera and telemetry data daily
• CoreWeave launched a Physical AI Field Engineering service for customers
• Data processing dropped from months to hours within a single workday