PARTNER INSIGHT: HOW COGNITE + RADIX ADVANCE INDUSTRIAL DATA STRATEGY FROM PILOT TO SCALE ON THE GROUND
- Carla Medina
- Nov 5
- 5 min read
By Flávio Guimarães, Founder & Global Head of Alliances and Practices, Radix.
The atmosphere at the Cognite IMPACT 2025 event was electric, but the key takeaway was purely strategic: Industrial AI is no longer a pilot project, it’s a critical engine for scalable industrial performance.
For too long, our industry has tolerated a significant failure point, the gap between a brilliant Proof-of-Concept and the successful enterprise-wide rollout. At Radix, we recognized this last mile, (also known as “pilot purgatory,”) is where real value is lost.
We have built our entire global partnership strategy around bridging this gap, and our work with Cognite is the blueprint. It’s about more than just technology; it’s about establishing the trustworthy engine that moves organizations from digital aspiration to guaranteed operational value.
THE MAJOR TAKEAWAYS FROM IMPACT 2025
If the last few years were about proving digital concepts, Cognite IMPACT 2025 event was about setting the agenda for mass deployment. We observed three critical shifts that now define our collective strategy:
From Data Lakes to Knowledge Graphs: The industry consensus is clear, generic data storage is not enough. The future requires a Semantic Layer that links all data points (sensors, documents, assets) to create an Industrial Knowledge Graph. This context is non-negotiable for trustworthy AI.
The Rise of the AI Agent: The focus has moved from abstract machine learning models to tangible, purpose-built AI Agents that act as co-pilots, automating routine decisions and augmenting the human workforce. This transition demands platforms that enable rapid agent development and deployment.
The $100 billion goal: Cognite’s aggressive ambition to unlock their Moonshot Goal spotlights that the era of experimentation is over. The commitment is now to measurable, scalable financial impact delivered by the entire partner ecosystem.
These three shifts set the stage for why the Radix-Cognite alliance is perfectly positioned. Our joint value proposition is specifically designed to execute on these event takeaways.
THE DATA CHALLENGE EVERY INDUSTRIAL LEADER MUST SOLVE
I’ve seen firsthand how industrial data complexity halts innovation. Our sector deals with a unique problem: critical data is fragmented across historian databases, maintenance systems (IT), and unstructured engineering documents. This complex, siloed data is useless to AI until it is organized and contextualized.
If you don't solve the data integrity problem, you can’t trust the AI. Any leader pushing for Generative AI in an industrial environment must accept this fundamental constraint. This is the precise reason why Cognite Data Fusion® is non-negotiable for our strategy.
CDF is not a generic data lake; it is the enterprise-grade infrastructure that cleans, organizes, and relates all asset, sensor, and document data into a single industrial knowledge graph. This process ensures that every insight is traceable, trustworthy, and instantly AI-ready, providing the Semantic Layer required for reliable industrial AI.
RADIX'S STRATEGIC ROLE: THE EXECUTION ENGINE BUILT ON COGNITE'S FOUNDATION
The platform is the foundation, but the true acceleration comes from applying deep, proprietary domain expertise on top of it. That is Radix’s mandate. We are the engineering intelligence layer that turns Cognite's powerful platform into solutions that deliver quantifiable results.
Our focus at IMPACT 2025—"On the Ground: Accelerate, Optimize, Scale"—is our promise of execution:
Acceleration: We rely on the Cognite Atlas AI™ agent workbench, directly addressing the need for rapid agent development highlighted at the conference. This platform capability cuts the time it takes to build and deploy complex AI solutions from quarters to weeks. By eliminating the custom coding required to connect data, Cognite frees our engineers to focus entirely on solving the business problem.
Scale: We don't build one-off projects. The successful Industrial Application Library (50+ solutions) we showcased are all pre-built on Cognite's unified data model, making them instantly portable. This portfolio is designed for repeatability, a success in one refinery can be cloned and deployed across a global fleet, which is the only way to realize exponential ROI.
Our recognition as the Customer Delivery Partner of the Year at IMPACT 2024 and 2025 Cognite AI Partner of the Year Finalist, is simply validation that this joint blueprint works and is actively driving significant change for our shared customers.
THE PROOF - WHERE EXECUTION DRIVES THE BOTTOM LINE
The power of this collaboration is best illustrated by the applications driving direct business value, all enabled by the Cognite data environment:
THE GOLDEN RUN TRANSFORMATION
For continuous operations, achieving and sustaining a "golden run" (optimal production performance) is the ultimate operational goal. Our workshop with International Paper demonstrated how we leveraged the CDF data foundation to build an application that does just that.
This solution doesn't just flag deviations; it leverages the highly contextualized CDF data to provide prescriptive guidance, leading directly to:
Maximized Throughput
Reduced Energy Consumption
Repeatable Product Quality
This is the kind of measurable return on investment that moves digital initiatives out of the IT budget and directly into the operations P&L.
THE INDUSTRIAL COPILOT (JO.AI)
We also emphasized the critical role of augmenting our workforce. Our JO.AI solution copilot, developed with partners like Celanese, directly executes on the "Rise of the AI Agent" theme. It is powered by the reliability of the Cognite Data Fusion® Knowledge Graph, allowing field personnel to interact with millions of documents and real-time sensor data using natural language, receiving trustworthy, traceable answers.
This solution elevates operator and maintenance efficiency by:
Optimizing operator rounds: Ensuring personnel focus on high-priority areas.
Data-driven checklist management: Dynamically adjusting workflow based on live equipment conditions.
Faster decision making: Reducing the time it takes to find critical information from hours to seconds.
This is true hybrid intelligence, combining human expertise with instant, Cognite-enabled machine insight.
A COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABLE VALUE
Our strategic alliance is positioned to deliver on the biggest objectives facing industrial leadership. Cognite’s ambition to unlock $100 billion in realized customer value is not just a moonshot; it’s a commitment we are helping to engineer by ensuring that value is delivered on the ground.
At Radix, our focus remains clear: We ensure that the investment in a modern industrial data strategy is not wasted on unscalable pilots. We provide the engineering intelligence required to maximize the Cognite platform's potential, delivering a clear path to cost reductions, improved operational efficiency, and sustainable performance across the enterprise. The time for endless pilots is over; the time for scaled execution is now.
Curious how to turn your biggest operational bottleneck into a strategic advantage?
Let’s continue the conversation post-IMPACT 2025. Connect with us to explore how the right combination of trusted data and a strong partner ecosystem can accelerate AI adoption, deliver measurable results, and scale value across your operations.
About Radix
Founded in 2010, Radix is a privately held technology solutions and services company operating globally, empowering customers with consulting, engineering, operations technology, and digital solutions. Radix combines key capabilities and practices to enable our worldwide customers to thrive in their digital journey. With North American headquarters in Houston, TX, and global headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, including offices in São Paulo and Belo Horizonte, Radix provides technology-based, data-driven solutions to asset-intensive industries. Radix's robust capabilities extend to more than 30 countries worldwide. Learn more: www.radixeng.com
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