State of Platform Engineering Report: Volume 4

Volume 4 captures how platform engineering has become the operating model of the modern enterprise. Based on insights from 500+ practitioners, the report explores the rise of AI-native platforms, evolving platform roles, updated reference architectures, and industry maturity trends across adoption, investment, and measurement.

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What's inside the report?

The State of Platform Engineering Report Volume 4 shows how platform engineering has evolved from a DevEx and infrastructure practice into the operating model of the modern, AI-native enterprise. Based on insights from 500+ platform engineers and leaders, the report examines how teams are expanding into AI, security, observability, and FinOps, adopting new roles and architectures, and navigating the cultural and measurement challenges that come with scale.

Key takeaways:

  • How platform engineering is moving from “shifting left” to “shifting down” by embedding security, quality, and guardrails directly into platforms
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  • What AI-native platform engineering looks like in practice, including AI-powered platforms and platforms built specifically for AI workloads
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  • What the data reveals about budgets, metrics, salaries, and time to value across the industry

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