MathWorks MATLAB R2026a

MathWorks has announced Release 2026a (R2026a) of the MATLAB and Simulink product families, introducing new AI capabilities for embedded systems development.

R2026a introduces Simulink Copilot to support Model-Based Design and Polyspace Copilot to improve embedded software code analysis, helping engineering teams improve productivity while maintaining rigor, traceability and repeatability in their designs.

The release also includes additional updates that help engineers design faster, fix issues earlier and move more efficiently from development, through verification to production.

MathWorks is advancing AI for engineering in two complementary ways. First, the company is embedding copilots directly into the environments engineering teams are already using, such as MATLAB Copilot, Simulink Copilot and Polyspace Copilot.

Second, MathWorks integrates MATLAB and Simulink functionality into agentic workflows through MATLAB MCP Core Server and MATLAB Agentic Toolkit.

R2026a introduces Polyspace Copilot and Polyspace as You Code. Polyspace Copilot provides guidance based on Polyspace analysis results to help engineers interpret static analysis findings, understand issues and resolve them more efficiently.

Polyspace as You Code enables developers to check C and C++ coding rules and identify coding defects and vulnerabilities as code is written, including code produced with AI-assisted tools.

R2026a also includes three enhancements across the Polyspace product family: a new Polyspace desktop application for unified configuration and results management, extensions to Polyspace Bug Finder with custom checkers and coding standards and software-sanitizing capabilities in Polyspace Test for dynamic analysis of runtime errors.