Autodesk, Inc. (ADSK)

Design software publisher, one pattern. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending January 31, 2026, filed March 3, 2026. Ranked 45 of the 135 Technology companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

The filing states about 14,300 employees, down from 15,300, in one business, design and make software, so one pattern carries the whole workforce.

The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.

What follows from the reading

Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 25% now, 55% at the end of 2027, 69% at the end of 2028, 75% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 75% desk work, 23% people work and 2% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 25% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 58% becomes checking a model's work and 10% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

14,300 employees as of January 31, 2026 (stated). Not stated; the Americas are 44% of revenue, EMEA 39% and Asia Pacific 17%.

The filing: “As of January 31, 2026, we employed approximately 14,300 people, a decrease from approximately 15,300 employees as of the end of fiscal year 2025.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: About 14,300, down from about 15,300 a year earlier, as the filing states it; no U.S. employee represented by a union, with trade unions or works councils in certain foreign countries; nine employee resource groups.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Software Publishers, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.

• Microsoft (MSFT, 223,000 employees)25% now, 69% by 2028
• Oracle (ORCL, 141,000 employees)26% now, 69% by 2028
• Salesforce, Inc. (CRM, 83,334 employees)25% now, 69% by 2028
• Uber Technologies, Inc. (UBER, 34,000 employees)29% now, 67% by 2028
• DoorDash, Inc. (DASH, 31,400 employees)29% now, 67% by 2028
• Adobe Inc. (ADBE, 31,360 employees)25% now, 69% by 2028
• ServiceNow, Inc. (NOW, 29,187 employees)25% now, 69% by 2028
• Synopsys, Inc. (SNPS, 28,000 employees)25% now, 69% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

35 sentences in the filing name AI. Thirty-five sentences: the company says it devotes considerable research and development resources to delivering automation and insights through AI, machine learning and generative design, names its AI strategy among its forward-looking statements, and lists disruptive AI technologies among its risks.

• “Forward-looking statements are any statements that look to future events and consist of, among other things, our business strategies including our utilization of and strategy regarding artificial intelligence; the implementation of new transaction models and sales and marketing optimization; future financial results (by product type and geography), operational and key metrics and subscriptions;...”
• “We dedicate considerable technical and financial resources to research and development to deliver additional automation and insights to our customers through artificial intelligence ("AI"), machine learning, and generative design, which increase efficiency and sustainability and reduce waste.”
• “Disruptive technologies such as machine learning and other AI technologies may significantly alter the market for our products in unpredictable ways and reduce customer demand.”
• “Challenges relating to the proper management and governance of our use of AI in our offerings.”
• “We devote significant resources to the development of new technologies, including AI features.”

Its annual reports, year by year

Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector

• Fiscal 202113median 0
• Fiscal 202211median 0
• Fiscal 202330median 1
• Fiscal 202433median 4
• Fiscal 202535median 10

Headcount by filing year

As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.

Limits of this reading

• The collector's 15,300 is the prior year's count named in the same sentence; the filing states about 14,300 (rule 2).
• No count by function: one pattern by description (c).
• The U.S. share is not stated.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000769397-26-000015, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.