Organizations are under pressure to make fast decisions that drive meaningful results, and mathematical optimization is helping them do it. Now in its sixth edition, Gurobi’s 2026 State of Mathematical Optimization Report draws on a survey of 382 professionals across industries—from power and utilities to consulting, transportation, and manufacturing—to show how businesses are putting optimization to work today.
This year’s findings show that teams are tackling more complex problems, running models automatically in production, and expanding into new use cases once they see results.
At the same time, generative AI has gone from experimental to an everyday tool, changing how optimization professionals build, debug, and interact with their models.
What’s inside?
This year’s report highlights:
How GenAI is increasingly influencing optimization work, with 79% of respondents using GenAI or LLMs in their optimization work—up from 30% in 2025.
How organizations are embedding optimization into daily operations and moving it into production workflows.
Which problem types and model approaches are on the rise as teams take on more complex challenges.
How companies expand optimization once they get started, and the obstacles that still slow them down when it comes to implementation.
Which trends are shaping the field, including AI integration and the push toward real-time decision-making.
Download the full report to explore the current state of mathematical optimization, and where the field is headed next.
