(US and Canada) Avathon, provider of a leading AI platform for industrial operations, is collaborating with Google Cloud to help manufacturing, energy, retail and other industrial companies quickly transform their operations with AI. Avathon will scale its Industrial AI-driven asset performance management and maintenance applications.

“This collaboration with Google Cloud enables Avathon to better collaborate with defense systems integrators and contractors, speeding up the adoption of Industrial AI technology that will support all industries by ushering in a new era of modernization and transformation,” said Lisa Disbrow, 25th Under Secretary, US Air Force, and Avathon Board Director.

Avathon will also use Google Cloud technology to scale its offerings in APM, logistics and supply chain optimization, and environmental health and safety, among others. Avathon will also collaborate with Google Cloud on go-to-market initiatives and develop a direct link to Avathon’s application development SDK and APIs.

“AI will play a critical role enhancing the reliability and stability of industrial infrastructure,” said Stephen Orban, Vice President, Migrations, Infrastructure, and Industries, Google Cloud. “With Avathon’s expertise and Google Cloud’s leading AI technology, customers can build more sustainable, resilient operations, while improving the health and safety of their workforces.”

Pervinder Johar, CEO of Avathon, said: “This is game changing for us. Avathon has been delivering innovative, industry-specific, AI-driven solutions for its customers for more than 10 years. Partnering with Google Cloud and combining our AI-fueled platform with the worldclass cloud infrastructure from Google Cloud allows us to scale our go to market and accelerates our joint customers’ journeys toward digitization and autonomous business processes.”