Danaher collaborates with NVIDIA to advance autonomous science

Danaher said on October 14, 2026, that it has entered a collaboration with NVIDIA to advance autonomous science and speed up scientific discovery. The companies are working to combine Danaher's scientific instrumentation, automation technologies, laboratory workflow software and domain expertise with NVIDIA accelerated computing and AI technologies.

According to the company, the goal is to help researchers move faster from AI-generated predictions to experimental evidence, in a continuous cycle where experiments inform models and models help design better experiments.

Danaher said the companies are working to integrate AI into scientific instruments through edge computing, including NVIDIA DGX Spark, along with accelerated analytics, real-time inference, scientific reasoning and foundation model technologies such as BioNeMo Open Models. Initial efforts focus on a select group of priority instruments, and the company said the work could expand across a broader portfolio over time.

Danaher said the companies are exploring how scientific and physical AI, such as NVIDIA Cosmos world models and Omniverse Digital Twins, can support more intelligent instruments and laboratory workflows. The company said it aims to reduce the time and complexity of moving from an AI-generated prediction to the experimental evidence needed to act on it, while preserving customer choice in models, standards and technology providers.