# State of AI Engineering 2026 report based on real-world data from thousands of organisations running AI in production.

*genai · news · 2026-04-22 · iTWire*

## Key points

- Nearly 70% of companies now use three or more AI models in production workflows.
- About 5% of AI model requests fail in production, with 60% due to capacity limits.
- Adoption of agent frameworks in AI systems has doubled year-over-year, increasing operational complexity.
- Token usage per model request has more than doubled for average teams and quadrupled for heavy users.
- Optimization techniques like prompt caching and smarter context design remain largely underused in most organizations.

**Companies:** OpenAI, Datadog, Inc., Google, Anthropic, Vercel
**Countries:** Australia, New Zealand

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