Overview
- About 1,000 positions will be eliminated, primarily in customer-facing sales roles.
- Management calls the action the final phase of sales and marketing optimization tied to a shift toward subscription and usage-based transactions.
- Autodesk now expects Q4 fiscal 2026 and full-year billings, revenue, adjusted operating margin, adjusted EPS and free cash flow to exceed prior top-end guidance.
- Shares rose more than 3% after the announcement, following a roughly 13% decline so far in 2026.
- Spending will be redirected to the company’s cloud platform and artificial intelligence initiatives.