State of AI in Platform Engineering
2026-05-29
State of AI in Platform Engineering
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The maturity growth of AI in platform engineering is like nothing I have ever seen before. It took four years for the conversation in platform engineering to change from "what is this thing" to "here is the specific formula to do it best". I've watched that change with AI firsthand over the last 6 months.
Nothing captures that change better than the community's annual report, The State of AI in Platform Engineering. For one thing, it's not annual anymore. We put out the last one 7 months or so ago. And we're about to put out the next.
That's right. Sam and I are currently writing The State of Platform Engineering Vol. 2, and I need your help to finish it. And at the same time you can benchmark where you stand on AI.
This was an annual report that has to come out 6 months early, simply because, as I read back Vol.1, it feels like it was published ten years ago. So, what is in this one that just can’t wait 6 more months?
A detailed breakdown of the Agentic Development Platform from how to transition your IDP into one, what it does, how it works and how it drives AI ROI across your entire organization (And not just your IT organization;). Basically: How are teams failing with, succeeding with, and getting ROI from agents?
A breakdown of how platform engineering intersects with AI infrastructure, from open source, composable stacks put out by NVIDIA, AMD etc to how GPU economics and management are becoming 1st class problems for your platform
How to benchmark yourself and your team, and what it really means to be an "AI-native" organization. What are the best teams doing, and where is the industry at large?
We are asking what teams use AI for, how orgs structure their AI initiative (from security to mandates), how AI identities are managed, how teams are approaching validation, shadow AI, threat risks, cost issues, and of course, throughout, ROI and maturity. This will be the definitive snapshot of where the industry is right now.
I experienced firsthand a few months ago, where I was walking around feeling like I was absolutely at the forefront of AI, then had dinner with some friends and realized, "Oh shit, I'm behind. Very behind."
This is a common trend among so many people that I talk to. Folks suddenly realizing (or not noticing at all…) that they are way behind where the frontrunners are.
This report intends to solve that. Help us finish it.
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