January 12, 2026 — Leads & Copy —Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. and NVIDIA have announced a strategic collaboration to power AI-based solutions and laboratory automation at scale.
The collaboration will leverage the NVIDIA Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform and Thermo Fisher Scientific solutions to increase the automation, accuracy, and speed of laboratories.
The companies are working together to evolve the digital foundation that powers scientific instruments, laboratory infrastructure and data, connecting them to powerful AI solutions, helping scientists reduce manual steps and accelerate scientific advancement.
Thermo Fisher will pair its expertise in scientific instruments and lab software with NVIDIA’s AI Infrastructure, including NVIDIA DGX Spark™, the supercomputer for your desktop and models, such as NVIDIA NeMo™ and NVIDIA BioNeMo™ to evolve scientific instrumentation to interact with scientists seamlessly with an intuitive user experience that helps democratize the next generation of scientific discovery.
According to Gianluca Pettiti, Executive Vice President, artificial intelligence coupled with laboratory automation will transform how scientific work is performed. By combining Thermo Fisher’s leadership in laboratory technologies with NVIDIA’s digital and AI solutions, the collaboration can help customers work faster, improve accuracy and get more value out of each experiment, ultimately accelerating discoveries that can have significant human impact.
Kimberly Powell, Vice President of Healthcare at NVIDIA, stated that we are entering the era of ‘lab-in-the-loop’ science where the trinity of AI, agents and instruments will be able to scale scientific discovery at industrial pace. Working with Thermo Fisher, Powell said NVIDIA is building the fundamental infrastructure of autonomous labs, creating a powerful research and discovery flywheel accelerating the pace of life sciences breakthroughs.
The collaboration advances Thermo Fisher’s position of supplying cutting edge instruments, equipment, consumables and services for the life sciences by bringing AI into the laboratory. Thermo Fisher’s ecosystem extends to other leading technology partners supporting scientific research, creating an integrated offering where data, instruments, software and scientists can work together in a unified environment to amplify productivity in the laboratory.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue over $40 billion. Its mission is to enable customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Thermo Fisher’s global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through its industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD.
Source: Thermo Fisher Scientific
