IFS reported that its Industrial AI bookings for the first nine months of 2026 exceeded three times the total recorded for the whole of 2025, while annual recurring revenue (ARR) surpassed €1.3 billion at the end of Q3, marking 24% year-on-year growth.

The company also reported that recurring revenue accounted for 85% of its total revenue during the period, reflecting continued demand for its industrial software and AI capabilities.

Customers across manufacturing, asset maintenance, field service and supply chain operations are moving Industrial AI beyond pilot projects and into daily operations. According to IFS, industry-specific AI applications are the primary driver of its growth.

During Q3, customers selecting IFS Industrial AI for asset lifecycle management, field service, aviation maintenance and manufacturing included Tesco, LATAM Airlines, Yeo Valley, Mitsubishi Electric and Eight Group.

In October, IFS launched IFS Intelligence at its IFS Unleashed event. The platform is designed to bring Industrial AI directly into operational workflows, enabling employees to ask questions, take action and delegate tasks to digital workers.

Supported by the Industrial AI Harness, IFS Intelligence operates within the rules and permissions established by each business. This approach is intended to help organizations deploy AI in operational environments while maintaining control over how tasks are executed.

At the launch event in Orlando last week, more than 100 customers signed up to pilot IFS Intelligence and its digital workers during Q3, ahead of the product’s launch.

Ryan Courson, Chief Financial Officer at IFS, said customers were moving beyond AI testing and adopting the company’s Industrial AI capabilities at scale. He noted that bookings for the first nine months of 2026 had already exceeded three times the full-year 2025 total.

Courson added that the demand was driving growth, with ARR surpassing €1.3 billion, up 24% year on year. The company’s next priority is to expand adoption of IFS Intelligence to help customers improve performance across more of their operations.

Mark Moffat, Chief Executive Officer at IFS, said industrial organizations have untapped operational capacity that AI could help address. He emphasized the importance of AI systems that understand industrial equipment, safety requirements and established workflows.

Moffat also highlighted the need for AI to act on live operational tasks without compromising safety. He attributed the company’s growth in AI bookings to its long-standing focus on industrial requirements.

Eric Newmark, Group Vice President at IDC, said industrial organizations were moving from AI pilots towards operational deployment, while maintaining a strong focus on trust and reliability in live environments.

Newmark noted that building an AI agent is relatively straightforward, but deploying a digital worker that can be trusted in an industrial production environment presents a greater challenge. He added that organizations require AI systems capable of using operational data securely while adhering to business controls.

According to Newmark, vendors with deep industry specialization are positioned to address these requirements. He said IFS’s focus on asset-intensive industries aligns with the shift towards production-grade AI.

With ARR exceeding €1.3 billion and Industrial AI bookings for the first nine months of 2026 surpassing three times the previous year’s full-year total, IFS is reporting increased demand for Industrial AI as organizations move towards operational deployment. The company’s focus now includes expanding IFS Intelligence adoption and enabling businesses to apply AI across more industrial workflows.

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