Cognite

Cognite is a Norwegian industrial software company founded in 2016 and headquartered in Oslo, spun out of the Aker group’s digitalization efforts. The company addresses the difficulty heavy-asset industries such as energy, manufacturing and power face in turning sensor, engineering and maintenance data scattered across incompatible systems into one trusted operational picture.

Its platform, Cognite Data Fusion, ingests and contextualizes industrial data from historians, SCADA, ERP and 3D/engineering systems into a live digital twin, while Cognite Atlas AI provides low-code AI agents and Cognite Flows automates workflows for maintenance and production. Customers include Aker BP, Celanese, Koch and NOVA Chemicals, which use the platform to cut inspection and maintenance execution time.

1. Data contextualization: Links sensor readings, engineering documents and maintenance records into one live model of physical assets.

2. Cognite Data Fusion: Centralizes industrial DataOps so engineering and operations teams share one governed dataset.

3. Cognite Atlas AI: Offers a low-code workbench for building AI agents that answer questions about plant data.

4. Cognite Flows: Automates workflows such as inspection scheduling and anomaly triage across systems.

5. Industrial Canvas: Lets engineers investigate incidents by pulling live data, trends and documents into one workspace.

6. Open architecture: Connects to historians, SCADA, ERP and CAD systems without replacing existing infrastructure.