Agentic AI in Engineering: From Experimentation to Business Impact

Agentic AI is moving rapidly from experimentation toward real engineering and product development use cases. But for manufacturing leaders, the challenge is no longer simply identifying what AI can do. The harder question is deciding where to apply it, where it can create differentiated business value, and whether the organization has the data, context, governance, and processes needed to scale it. Join Jeff Hojlo, research vice president, Industrial Ecosystems, Engineering & Product Innovation Strategies at IDC, and Josh Epstein, chief marketing & strategy officer at Aras, for a strategic conversation grounded in findings from IDC’s Early Adopter Agentic AI Functional Use Case Study. They will examine how manufacturers are beginning to apply agentic AI in R&D, engineering, and the broader product lifecycle, and how leaders can evaluate opportunities that deserve investment.