Orbital, Applied Computing’s AI platform, to be embedded into Kongsberg Digital’s digital
twin technology – supporting AI-driven real-time optimisations, lower emissions, and
reduced energy consumption across industrial sites.
London, UK / Oslo, Norway – 23 October, 2025
– Applied Computing, the British AI company pioneering foundation models for energy operators, today announces a new partnership with Kongsberg Digital, the Norwegian provider of next-generation software and digital solutions to customers within oil and gas, chemicals and process manufacturing.
The partnership combines Kongsberg Digital’s AI-infused Industrial Work Surface with
Applied Computing’s flagship AI platform, Orbital.
By integrating Orbital’s multi-foundation AI, the two companies will further strengthen the optimisation of planning, operations and maintenance across refineries, petrochemical sites and industrial facilities.
“Kongsberg Digital has always believed that digital twins should dynamically help you understand the physical world – they should help our clients actively shape the future of work,” said Shane McArdle, CEO of Kongsberg Digital.
“We continue to partner with companies like Applied Computing to ensure that the industry has access to technology that unlocks the value of their industrial data, enabling AI-driven optimisations and operational support for scalable economic and environmental benefits.”
A step-change in digital transformation
Digital twins allow industrial operators to create a dynamic, data-rich replica of their physical sites, enabling continuous monitoring, predictive maintenance and improved planning. Applied Computing’s Orbital platform is built on foundation models across physics, chemical engineering, time-series forecasting and language, delivering explainable AI that can be trusted in the most complex industrial environments. In live deployments, Orbital can reduce refinery emissions and energy consumption waste by 10%.
Through this partnership, Kongsberg Digital clients will be able to integrate Orbital directly into their digital twins for an additional layer of industrial intelligence – supporting operators in achieving deeper optimisation of performance, energy usage and carbon intensity.
“This partnership is about turning digital twins into living, thinking systems,” said Callum Adamson, CEO of Applied Computing. “By combining Kongsberg Digital’s expertise in KDI LIMITED digital twin technology with Orbital’s superintelligence, we are enabling operators to reduce emissions, cut costs and run more resilient operations. The future of energy isn’t about hype – it’s about execution, and this partnership delivers that.”
Momentum for Applied Computing
The partnership follows a landmark year for Applied Computing. The company recently closed a £9 million seed round led by Stride.VC and Repeat.vc – one of the largest ever for a UK AI company – and appointed former Shell AI leader Dan Jeavons as President.
Applied Computing is already working with some of the world’s most complex industrial sites,
including one of the largest refineries on Earth.
Applied Computing recently announced a landmark partnership with Databricks, and expects to announce a suite of additional partnerships across consulting, industry and finance.Founded by Callum Adamson (CEO) and Dr. Samyakh Tukra (Chief AI Officer), Applied Computing’s mission is to bring superintelligent, production-grade AI to the heavy industries that underpin modern civilisation.
About Kongsberg Digital
Kongsberg Digital is a provider of next-generation digital twin and AI solutions to customers within oil and gas, manufacturing and offshore wind. Its Industrial Work Surface, powered by the Kognitwin® platform, is redefining how industries work with data, insight and decision-making.
Communications Department