Anagnost: Autodesk software helps design and build cars, bridges, and phones
Andrew Anagnost · How a high school dropout became the CEO of Autodesk (with Andrew Anagnost) · Sep 10, 2026 · at 1:25
Andrew Anagnost, CEO of Autodesk, outlines the global ubiquity of Autodesk's physical design and engineering software across infrastructure and everyday objects.
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“Everything that you see in the world, the cars that you see on the roads, the bridges they drive over, the machines that you see, the phone, The buildings, it's built and designed using our software.”
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