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Duality AI Launches EDU Subscription to Empower Aspiring AI Developers with Digital Twin Simulation and Synthetic Data Skills

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Duality AI Launches EDU Subscription to Empower Aspiring AI Developers with Digital Twin Simulation and Synthetic Data Skills
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Duality AI Launches EDU Subscription to Empower Aspiring AI Developers with Digital Twin Simulation and Synthetic Data Skills

2024-11-21 00:06 Last Updated At:00:11

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 20, 2024--

Duality AI, the company behind Falcon, a leading digital twin simulation platform, is announcing the launch of a new EDU license and subscription — a new program designed to equip aspiring AI developers with the synthetic data skills needed to create advanced AI vision models. This educational, non-commercial license reflects Duality’s commitment to expanding access to digital twin simulation, empowering learners to build cutting-edge AI models while helping to meet the growing demand for AI and simulation professionals across diverse industries.

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Since its founding in 2018, Duality AI has led the way in leveraging digital twin simulation to overcome complex AI training challenges — especially in cases where real-world data is insufficient for achieving the precision required in various operational contexts. Today, leading commercial and government organizations, with applications spanning off-road autonomous driving, high-volume manufacturing, and disaster management, depend on Falcon to achieve AI model accuracy that real-world data alone cannot provide. Through this work, Duality has developed proven techniques that drive successful outcomes for its customers. As the need for accurate AI vision models continues to grow, so does the need for skills in digital twin simulation and synthetic data generation.

“Digital twin simulation has unlocked a future where anyone can build AI models safely, rapidly, and affordably,” says Duality’s co-founder and Chief Product Officer, Mike Taylor. “Now is the perfect time to invest in building a community that can harness these tools. Whether learners come from an engineering, research, or creative background, we’re excited to share our expertise and help them discover how their skills can play a vital role in the evolving AI industry.”

The EDU program offers subscribers full access to Falcon’s comprehensive feature set, alongside guided exercises and community resources developed by Duality AI’s experts in AI, simulation, synthetic data, and computer vision. To further support all learners, Duality is launching an online community where anyone will be able to ask questions, collaborate on projects, and share their work. The curriculum itself is crafted to build a strong foundation in digital twin simulation and synthetic data workflows, equipping participants with the skills to create high-performance AI vision models independently.

“Falcon enables me to create datasets tailored to the specific challenges I want to study,” shares Dr. Felipe Mejia, AI Vision Engineer at Duality. “As a graduate student I was always searching for datasets to test new algorithms, but commonly available datasets, like varieties of cats and dogs, were too disconnected from real-world problems I was working on. Falcon allows me to simulate scenarios not well-covered by real-world data, and systematically study how dataset variables impact model performance. Being able to precisely investigate failure modes, like finding the exact point where a model begins to struggle with occlusion or detecting distant objects, makes Falcon's synthetic data an invaluable tool for deeper insights and innovation."

Duality AI's EDU subscription is designed to expand access and inspire innovation. Participants are encouraged to experiment, develop their projects, and apply their learnings across a variety of fields. Duality hopes to foster a vibrant community of innovators eager to explore the full potential of synthetic data and digital twin simulation in modern AI applications.

For more information on the EDU subscription and how to join, visit www.duality.ai/edu. Researchers, educators, and universities/learning institutions are encouraged to contact Duality to discuss any specific questions or arrangements, by emailing: edu@duality.ai.

About Duality AI

Duality AI is a software company behind Falcon, the digital twin simulation platform. Organizations today are leveraging Falcon to help solve complex problems in AI, robotics, and smart system engineering. By bringing high-fidelity digital twins of environments and operating systems into Falcon, Duality’s customers generate accurate data and predictive behavior modeling that enables them to deploy automated systems robustly and at scale. Duality’s multidisciplinary team includes world-class engineers, simulation specialists, AI/ML experts and award-winning technical artists with over 70 patents across robotics, simulation, and visualization.

Falcon's new EDU license is designed for anyone who wants to learn to build better AI models with digital twin simulation. (Graphic: Business Wire)

Falcon's new EDU license is designed for anyone who wants to learn to build better AI models with digital twin simulation. (Graphic: Business Wire)

After nearly seven years away from the big screen, a new Star Wars movie drew healthy but not record-breaking crowds to global theaters this weekend. According to studio estimates on Sunday, “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu” made $82 million in ticket sales from 4,300 theaters in the U.S. and Canada. By the end of Monday’s Memorial Day holiday, it’s expected to have earned $102 million domestically and $165 million globally.

It exceeded opening weekend expectations for the movie, a continuation of Disney+ spinoff series “The Mandalorian,” but it’s also on the low end of Disney-era Star Wars releases, closer to “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” which made $103 million over the four-day Memorial Day frame in 2018. While “Solo” was considered a disaster, the metrics around “The Mandalorian and Grogu” are a little different.

The production budget for “Solo” was in the $300 million range, while “The Mandalorian and Grogu” was made for significantly less — a reported $165 million, not accounting for marketing and promotion costs. It makes the journey to profitability more likely, especially when factoring in positive audience scores. Although critics were mixed to negative on the movie (it currently carries a 63% on Rotten Tomatoes), ticket buyers overall gave it an A- CinemaScore. Boys under the age of 13 are especially high on the movie: They gave it an A CinemaScore and a perfect five on PostTrak. Parents also gave it a five out of five.

The Jon Favreau-directed movie stars Pedro Pascal as the titular bounty hunter and puts him and his tiny green companion on a mission to save Jabba’s son Rotta the Hutt, who is voiced by Jeremy Allen White.

“Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu” could also be graded on a bit of a curve because of the streaming component, both that it started as a series, and that it will eventually end up as a value add on Disney+, which was only about a month old when the last Star Wars movie, “The Rise of Skywalker,” debuted in December 2019.

Star Wars as a brand is in a time of transition under its new leadership team of Dave Filoni and Lynwen Brennan; Earlier this year it was announced that Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, who produced “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu,” was stepping down after 13 years. The question for the industry is whether audience interest in Star Wars on the big screen might have cooled slightly, and if next year’s “Star Wars: Starfighter,” starring Ryan Gosling, will provide a definitive answer. Until then, the hope is that strong audience and exit scores will propel word-of-mouth generated enthusiasm in the coming weeks.

Word-of-mouth certainly helped Curry Barker’s relationship horror movie “Obsession” defy the standard box office trajectory and do better business in its second weekend. The Focus Features had an astonishing 30% uptick in ticket sales, earning $22.4 million from 2,655 theaters. The studio, which acquired the microbudget movie for some $15 million, is projecting that it will have made $28.2 million by the end of Monday, bringing its running total to $58.5 million. It snagged the second-place spot, while “Michael” landed in third place with $20 million for the three-day weekend. The Michael Jackson biopic has now earned $782.4 million.

“Obsession” also did better than the new horror movie “Passenger,” a Paramount Pictures release with Melissa Leo, which grossed an estimated $8.7 million from 2,534 locations. It’s expected to earn $10.5 million over its first four days. The movie received poor reviews from both critics (44% on Rotten Tomatoes) and audiences (B- Cinema Score).

The mix of movies this year didn’t hold a candle to last year’s record Memorial Day weekend, which was led by Disney’s live-action “Lilo & Stitch” and “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning.” The overall four-day frame this year will net out around $211 million, down about 36% from last year’s $330 million. It’s also far from the disastrous 2024 Memorial Day weekend box office, a 30-year low, when “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” opened.

Jon Favreau arrives at the premiere of "Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu" on Thursday, May 14, 2026, at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Jon Favreau arrives at the premiere of "Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu" on Thursday, May 14, 2026, at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

The character Grogu arrives at the premiere of "Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu" on Thursday, May 14, 2026, at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

The character Grogu arrives at the premiere of "Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu" on Thursday, May 14, 2026, at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

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