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AI roadmap and future direction for FME

  • February 27, 2026
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hendrix
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Hi,

We see that AI is gradually being integrated directly into ArcGIS workflows — and increasingly into other GIS platforms as well. I’m therefore curious about the status and direction regarding AI within FME.

Are we likely to see developments such as:

  • Natural language interaction with FME (describing what you want to achieve rather than manually navigating specific transformers)

  • Built-in dataset analysis with automatic detection of inconsistencies and suggested corrections

  • AI-assisted workspace generation based on existing patterns and usage — for example, proposing or automatically building new workbenches based on previously created workflows when you need it

More generally:

  • How does SAFE see the role of AI evolving within FME?

  • When can we expect more visible AI-driven functionality in FME Form and Flow?

  • Are there upcoming releases, beta programs, or public roadmap information related to this?

FME is deeply integrated into our infrastructure and data management workflows, and we are very interested in understanding how SAFE plans to position FME in this landscape over the next few years.

Looking forward to your insights.

 

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    jennaatsafe
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    • jennaatsafeSafer
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    • February 27, 2026

    This is a great jumping off point for community conversation: 

    In short, Safe strives to evolve alongside technological change and in anticipation of what you, our community need. I am sure you have seen how we’ve added the flexibility to include AI in your workspaces for various use cases, grown our supporting content like tutorials and webinars around this, and added features such as AI Assist as a tool to support your overall authoring experience. We will continue to evolve and add AI based functionality across the platform in foreseeable future releases. 

    To open this up for greater discussion, and to expand on the ideas above: What challenges are you facing in your organization that you think FME could better solve with AI?

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