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Andrew Anagnost

President, Chief Executive Officer & Director, Autodesk

Search every verified Andrew Anagnost interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Andrew Anagnost, President and CEO of Autodesk, appeared at the company’s AU 2026 conference in Las Vegas on September 15–16, where he delivered keynote addresses focused on the integration of artificial intelligence into design and manufacturing workflows. He discussed the company’s Forma platform, describing it as a connected cloud environment that links design through construction and expands into civil infrastructure. Anagnost also introduced updates to Autodesk Assistant and an AI orchestrator, stating that the future of AI lies in platforms that combine rich context with appropriate models to deliver customer outcomes. He emphasized that AI is intended to augment, not replace, human judgment and creativity. In an interview on the Masters of Scale podcast published September 10, Anagnost recounted his personal history, including being expelled from high school and later earning a graduate degree from Stanford, and discussed his approach to leadership, including overhauling Autodesk’s leadership team and communicating the rationale for change. During Autodesk’s Q2 fiscal 2027 earnings call on August 27, he spoke about project intelligence and the value of capturing real-world operational data to close the loop on asset lifecycles, while noting the company’s focus on preserving growth and expanding across revenue synergy vectors.

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“I fundamentally believe that you've got to have a guess at what the future is. Okay, you got to have a guess and then you have to have the the fortitude and the strength to pay attention when your guess is wrong and correct. So I pulled out a lot of of flowers that I thought were weeds. couple of real flowers got pulled out in the process and I I had to dig out of that over time and that was move number one and belie”

“We're very serious about doing the things that enable the technology in every country we work with — we've worked with AWS to allow data storage locally in India, which is an important requirement for government and private projects. We want to be transparent about what we do with customers' data so they can use our cloud systems without worrying about compliance or availability.”

“What we're trying to do is support the technological underpinnings that allow India to achieve some of its very ambitious goals. Viks Bharat has some very ambitious targets for 2047 — they're around infrastructure development, manufacturing leadership and sustainable development.”

“Our business will move from primarily seatbased subscriptions today to a blend of seatbased subscriptions, termbased consumption and systembased outcomes that give our users options for complex and interconnected design and make options.”

“Our business transformation is complete. Our growth momentum remains strong and steady, and we're positioned to lead our industries in the age of AI. Autodesk's best days are ahead of us, and today you'll see how we're building the future and the path to get there, unlocking our next phase of value creation for both our customers and investors.”

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