Ascendion Named Market Leader in HFS Research Horizons: Agent Services, 2026 report.
Ascendion’s impact on customers – speed of innovation, unlocking capital and managing risk – demonstrates the potential value available when agentic AI is properly combined with modern AI-native methodology and trained engineers.
BASKING RIDGE, NJ, April 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Ascendion, an AI-native leader in software engineering impact, has been named a market leader in HFS Horizons: Agent Services, 2026 reportpublished by HFS Research.
HFS Research, a globally recognized authority on technology and services, evaluated 36 vendors on their ability to drive the impact of agentic AI by delivering significant innovation and business value at scale. Ascendion stood out for its engineering integrated with the power of AI (EngineeringAI) methodology, which includes ecosystem partnerships, their AAVA™ agentic platform aligned with engineering workflows, physical AI studios for co-creation with customers, and a growing library of reusable agents.
“We are honored once again to be recognized by HFS for what we have built as an AI-native software engineering company,” said Paul Roehrig, Ascendion Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer. “Thousands of AI agents in the hands of disciplined engineers produce meaningful results for the business leaders who trust us to deliver. Our AI-powered engineering approach fundamentally changes the way businesses operate. As we grow, we change what is possible in the way we work and live.
Ascendion has demonstrated the ability to modernize legacy systems, accelerate the software development life cycle (SDLC), align AI agents with standardized engineering processes, orchestrate humans behind the wheel, and scale delivery with 100% internal adoption of the platform.
This recognition is based on results that redefine enterprise AI delivery. Ascendion demonstrated how its engineers, working with AAVA, reduced customer testing efforts and modernized 700,000 lines of 40-year-old code for a US wealth management platform in 18 months at 45% lower cost. For one of the world’s five largest banks, it achieved $300 million in annual savings while improving the quality of service for more than 10 million customers. For a US healthcare payer, they launched a platform serving a million people without any failures and at a significantly lower cost. And in one of the largest agentic AI implementations to date, Ascendion enabled engineers to focus on innovation while accelerating time to market by 40%, and unlocked more than $500 million in capital. They are not pilots. These are production results, at scale, with real accountability, delivered to some of the most demanding companies in the world.
HFS study results show that productivity is a top AI priority for 74% of companies. The pressure to move from pilot projects to full-scale production has therefore never been greater. Ascendion’s platform-first approach and trained engineering workforce meet this demand by transforming agentic AI from a promising concept into a repeatable and scalable capability.
“Ascendion is distinguished by its early and continued commitment to the application of AI, now combining its AAVA agentic engineering platform with a product-driven engineering mindset to accelerate the modernization of existing systems, streamline software development, and deliver measurable transformation results. said David Cushman, executive director of research, HFS Research.
As global enterprises move from AI experimentation to large-scale transformation, Ascendion continues to expand its agentic engineering capabilities by combining the IP platform, specialized AI studios and a trained global workforce to achieve results that create sustainable competitive advantage in banking, healthcare, retail and beyond.
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About Ascendion
Ascendion is a disruptor in AI-native software engineering that helps businesses innovate faster, smarter, and with greater impact. We partner with enterprise clients across North America, UK, Europe and APAC to solve complex challenges in data, experience design, software product engineering and workforce transformation. Powered by expert engineers, thousands of AI agents, and our AI-powered engineeringAI), we achieve measurable results that build trust, unlock value and accelerate growth. Learn more at ascension.com.
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