MathWorks has launched MATLAB Copilot, a generative AI assistant integrated into its flagship MATLAB software, aiming to help engineers, scientists, and researchers write code more efficiently and focus on solving technical challenges rather than programming tasks.
Available as part of MATLAB and Simulink Release 2025b, MATLAB Copilot uses generative AI to suggest code, explain functions, and provide interactive support directly within the MATLAB environment. The company says the tool is designed to improve productivity, streamline debugging, and simplify learning for users across industries.
“MATLAB Copilot continues our longstanding approach of helping our users focus on engineering and science, not programming,” said Roy Lurie, Vice President of Engineering at MathWorks. “By integrating generative AI directly into existing MATLAB workflows, MATLAB Copilot strengthens MATLAB and Simulink as a platform for engineering innovation, enabling millions of engineers and scientists to design and build the most innovative engineered systems in the world.”
The assistant offers three main functions. Through ‘Chat and Learn,’ users can ask questions and receive context-aware answers drawn from MathWorks’ documentation and code examples. The ‘Code Smarter’ feature generates code from natural language prompts and provides autocompletion suggestions in real time, while ‘Understand and Improve’ helps interpret and comment on existing code, clarify error messages, and automatically create tests using MATLAB Test.
The move positions MathWorks among a growing number of software companies integrating AI assistants into their development tools, following similar launches by Microsoft, GitHub, and Amazon.
Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Massachusetts, US, MathWorks employs more than 6,500 people across 34 offices worldwide. MATLAB and Simulink are used extensively in academia and industries including automotive, aerospace, electronics, and industrial automation.
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