Cesium

Our Cohort 2 students recently visited Cesium for a site tour and demo. We started the day with welcoming remarks from Patrick Cozzi, Chief Platform Officer at Bentley Systems and Founder of Cesium, and Liz Dailey, Co-Founder & Executive Director of our learning and employer partner, CreateAccess. After that, students broke into groups for tours and live demos, getting an in-depth look at the future of 3D software engineering. The visit included a panel discussion and Q&A session with engineers Gabby Getz, Mark Dane, Luke McKinstry, and Janine Liu, offering valuable insights into 3D software engineering and the path to working in tech. Launchpad students, Asma Drummond, Yara Kemeh, and Julien Daniel-Roane, presented their work and engaged with Cesium’s developers. Students also learned about Cesium's recent acquisition by Bentley Systems and the practical applications of their 3D software tools, including the use of the Unreal Engine. Huge thanks to Cesium for hosting our students and providing such a valuable learning experience. Special shout-out to Lossie Freeman, Chief of Staff to the Chief Platform Officer & Founder of Cesium, for helping make this visit possible! #launchpadphilly #exposure #industrypartner #unrealengine

Cesium supports #3DTiles interoperability with leading #GIS providers like Esri to meet the need for solutions that represent the natural and built environment with reality capture models, BIM/CAD designs, and traditional GIS layers. Read more: https://hubs.li/Q02STbB-0

Community, Ecosystem, Openness At our annual conference #YII2024 in Vancouver Patrick Cozzi empathetically described the success of Cesium in the past with these three principles. And how this was a perfect match with Bentley's strategy, which gave reason to now work as ONE Bentley. Being our new Chief Platform Officer, we will see a continuation of this approach. What a great commitment to advance the worlds infrastructure for a better quality of life! #smartcities #smartinfrastructure #digitaltwins #infrastructureintelligence #doubletransition #bentleysystems Kristin Thompson Fallon Tomas Kellner Greg Demchak

Amazing work being done by Bentley Systems and Cesium. 🤩

The Cesium team will be at Association of the United States Army - AUSA #AUSA2024 in Washington, DC, on October 15. We look forward to meeting with you. https://hubs.li/Q02SxTwG0

As my time at the Bentley Year in Infrastructure event in Vancouver wraps up, I heard Bentley's ongoing commitment to supporting the industry through data-driven solutions. The event showcased their strategic focus on data through product innovations, partnerships, and acquisitions. Key takeaways highlighted the pivotal role of data in creating digital twins that offer a comprehensive view of infrastructure assets beyond mere 3D visualizations. This data-driven approach enables real-time insights, informed decision-making, and the integration of AI-powered solutions for optimized asset management and design. Bentley's strategic partnerships and acquisitions with industry giants like Cesium and Google reinforce that commitment to a data-centric future, expanding the data ecosystem and unlocking new geospatial insights. Practical solutions such as Bentley Asset Analytics and Carbon Analysis leverage technology to enhance asset management and promote sustainable design and construction practices. On a personal note it has been great to connect with Nicholas Cumins, Brock Ballard, Michael Campbell, Julien Moutte, Oliver Conze, Kaushik Chakraborty and to hear Bentley's evolving story. #Infrastructure #DataRevolution #DigitalTwin #AI

Bentley Systems recently acquired a company that creates web maps for users like NBC Sports to visualize locations at the Olympic Games and for NORAD to track Santa! Cesium is even mapping the surface of the moon for infrastructure to be built there in the future. Exciting uses of cutting-edge technology! #YII2024

What better way to celebrate my first 100 days as CEO than at Bentley's Year in Infrastructure conference with users, partners, industry experts, press, and colleagues.   This short timeframe has been punctuated by significant milestones that reflect our ambition for growth and innovation in the infrastructure engineering software space.   We have made some bold moves:   1. Partnership with Google: today we announced an exciting strategic partnership with Google, unleashing the potential of Google's 3D geospatial data for infrastructure. This partnership is based on a shared vision of sustainable infrastructure. I am very excited about the many opportunities that Google + Bentley will offer to the infrastructure engineering community.   2. Acquisition of Cesium: the combination of Cesium and iTwin enables developers to seamlessly align 3D geospatial data with engineering, subsurface, IoT, reality, and enterprise data to create digital twins with astonishing user experiences. I was delighted to have Patrick Cozzi join us in Vancouver to showcase Cesium capabilities. Our shared values and commitment to openness are the foundation for creating the best developer platform for the built and natural environment. 3. Unveiling of OpenSite+: the first engineering application leveraging generative AI for civil site design, acting as a copilot to iterate and improve on site layouts, while automating repetitive tasks such as drawing production. OpenSite+ is also the first of a new generation of Bentley Open Applications that are truly digital twin-native, enabling data-centric workflows, while allowing engineers to generate a file in the format of their choosing if and when they need to.   During these first 100 days, I have spoken to executives and experts who agree with us on two key points: AI is the paradigm shift of our generation, and open data ecosystems are the future of infrastructure.   I am excited by the endless possibilities and our company's next phase of growth! #YII2024 #ecosystem #engineeringexcellence #first100days

Great news from Bentley Systems again, after Cesium now also a strategic partnership with Google for geospatial content and 3D tiles!

🚀 During the 2024 Year in Infrastructure and Going Digital Awards, Bentley Systems announced a strategic partnership with Google to integrate Google’s high-quality geospatial content with Bentley’s infrastructure engineering software and digital twin platform. This collaboration aims to revolutionize the infrastructure lifecycle, enabling engineers to design, build, and operate with greater context and scale. By combining Bentley's engineering data with Google’s geospatial data, AI, and cloud technologies, the partnership addresses pressing challenges, such as climate risk and aging infrastructure. Key highlights include: 🔹 Enhanced geospatial context: Bentley software users can now leverage Google Maps Platform’s stunning Photorealistic 3D Tiles for immersive 3D experiences in their workflows. 🔹 Integration with Cesium: This partnership complements Bentley's recent acquisition of Cesium, the open platform for creating advanced 3D geospatial applications. 🔹 AI-driven insights: Collaboration with Google Cloud will deliver powerful asset analytics to improve infrastructure management.🔹 AI-driven insights: Collaboration with Google Cloud will deliver powerful asset analytics to improve infrastructure management. https://lnkd.in/dq6W89qE #BentleySystems #Google #digitaltwins #geospatial #infrastructure #AI #innovation #YII2024 #digitalization Neda Simeonova, Sandra DiMatteo, Tom Freyberg, Christine Ow, Gregg Herrin, PE, Alejandro Maceira Rozados, Robert Mankowski