  Noncommutative geometry allows to unify the basic building blocks of particle
physics, Yang-Mills-Higgs theory and General relativity, into a single
geometrical framework. The resulting effective theory constrains the couplings
of the particle model and reduces the number of degrees of freedom. After
briefly introducing the basic ideas of noncommutative geometry, I will present
its predictions for the Standard Model and the few known models beyond the
Standard Model. Most of these models, including the Standard Model, are now
ruled out by LHC data. But interesting extensions of the Standard Model which
agree with the presumed Standard Model Scalar mass and predict new particles
are still very much alive and await further experimental data.
