UPSTREAM TITLE: Forward Deployed Engineering in 2026: What 133 Companies Reveal
SHORT SUMMARY: GoodFirms surveyed 133 AI and software companies and reports that roughly 70% already operate a formal or informal forward-deployed engineering function, while another 15% are building one. Hiring is the largest constraint, final business outcomes are the dominant success metric, and most respondents say AI increases FDE productivity rather than replacing the role.
OUTLET: GoodFirms
LINK: https://www.goodfirms.co/resources/forward-deployed-engineering-over-it-staff-augmentation