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Episode 1049

Inside Caterpillar’s AI and Robotics Strategy with CTO Jaime Mineart

January 26, 2026
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Jaime Mineart

Chief Technology Officer & Senior Vice President | Caterpillar
Jaime Mineart is the Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President at Caterpillar, where she leads global R&D, autonomy, robotics, and enterprise technology initiatives. She joined the company as an intern and has spent her entire career advancing through engineering, sales, and product leadership roles. Jaime assumed the CTO post in January 2025 and now spearheads strategic investments in AI, alternative energy, and advanced manufacturing across Caterpillar’s $64.8B business.

Episode Overview

How does a 100-year-old manufacturing leader reinvent itself through autonomy and AI?

In this episode, Caterpillar CTO Jaime Mineart shares how her team is transforming industrial work sites using robotics, machine intelligence, and real-time data. From mining to construction, the company is applying decades of engineering expertise to modern digital challenges, partnering with customers to co-develop scalable automation solutions.

Key highlights from the episode:

  • How autonomy is expanding beyond mining into quarries and construction
  • What makes Caterpillar’s AI adoption strategy unique—and replicable
  • Inside the Helios platform and NVIDIA partnership powering data-driven insights
  • Why the company pledged $100M to upskill the workforce of the future
  • Lessons from scaling R&D with real-world customer involvement
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