Dassault Systèmes

  In Stay Sharp Episode 124, 3DEXPERIENCE World 2026 Wrap Up, co-hosts Jonathan Scott and Juliann Grant welcome two Razorleaf colleagues to help them dig into the key themes and surprises from Dassault Systèmes’ annual conference. Andrew Halley, Senior Director of Partnerships, and François Schlub, Sales Executive, attended the event—as did Jonathan—and the trio report on their perspectives and experiences. François’ main takeaway from the conference is wondering if perhaps Dassault is out of step with customers—though previous podcasts have noted that the company often blazes a trail that customers aren’t immediately ready for. François says, “Dassault is promising a lot around what you can do with AI, and a lot of messaging was on AI. Of course, it's a nice flashy thing and I believe that it could have great impact for sure. Now, when I talk to my clients, this is not what they want to talk about. They want to address from foundation of a PLM, what is the solution to use with our workflows. I should be configuring the solution.” Common Themes The main topic, to no one’s surprise, was AI. Andrew mentions a demo from Dassault about integrating AI agents that each focus on a…