# Safer, Smarter Construction Sites with Edge AI and Caterpillar Autonomous Machines - Ep. 285

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Podcast: [NVIDIA AI Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nvidia-ai-podcast)
Published: 2026-01-14T16:45:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 2379

## Resource

Brandon Hootman, Vice President of Data and Artificial Intelligence at Caterpillar, joins the AI Podcast to discuss how the company uses NVIDIA’s AI Factory, Omniverse digital twins, and edge AI to streamline manufacturing, improve safety, and bring AI copilots into heavy equipment on real-world job sites. Browse the full AI Podcast catalog

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