Autodesk AI Pulse Report

Autodesk’s 2026 State of Design & Make: AI Pulse explores how leaders across AEC and manufacturing are adopting AI at scale.

Based on insights from 2,500 global industry leaders, the report examines how AI is improving productivity, innovation, decision-making, and quality of output, while also highlighting the challenges organisations face around integration, security, data quality, and skills.

Key findings:

• AI is now core to competitive advantage for Design and Make organisations
  98% of leaders use at least one AI tool, and 81% of organisations increased AI investment.
• AI is delivering measurable business impact
  84% of leaders say AI has improved productivity, while 77% say it has increased innovation.
• Agentic AI is the next major shift
  59% of organisations are already using, or plan to use, agentic AI within a year.