MathWorks has announced the launch of MATLAB Copilot, a generative AI–powered assistant designed to boost productivity and accelerate development for engineers, scientists, and researchers. Integrated directly into the MATLAB and Simulink Release 2025b (R2025b), MATLAB Copilot brings the power of AI-assisted development to one of the world’s most widely used platforms for engineering and scientific computing.
The new feature represents a major step forward in MathWorks’ long-standing mission to help users focus more on solving complex engineering and scientific problems — and less on manual coding or debugging tasks. By embedding generative AI capabilities directly into MATLAB’s existing workflows, MATLAB Copilot promises to transform how users learn, code, and collaborate.
“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.”
AI Meets Engineering: A Smarter Way to Code
MATLAB Copilot serves as a built-in AI companion that assists users throughout the entire development process — from writing code and exploring algorithms to debugging and understanding complex projects. Unlike generic code-generation tools, MATLAB Copilot is tailored to the MATLAB ecosystem, drawing on decades of MathWorks expertise in computational modeling, simulation, and technical computing.
The system’s intelligent capabilities are designed around three key pillars:
1. Chat and Learn
Users can now interact with MATLAB Copilot Chat, an integrated conversational interface that answers technical questions using trusted MathWorks documentation, examples, and best practices. Whether a user is stuck on syntax, exploring an unfamiliar function, or trying to understand a modeling concept, Copilot delivers accurate, context-aware responses directly within the MATLAB environment.
This seamless experience eliminates the need to switch between the MATLAB IDE and web searches, keeping users in their flow and ensuring that learning and discovery happen in real time.
2. Code Smarter
MATLAB Copilot dramatically improves the coding experience by providing intelligent autocompletions, contextual suggestions, and natural language code generation. Users can describe what they want to do in plain English—such as “plot a sine wave with labeled axes” or “fit a linear regression model”—and Copilot automatically generates the corresponding MATLAB code.
This capability not only accelerates prototyping but also lowers the barrier for newcomers, allowing them to focus on conceptual understanding rather than memorizing syntax. For experienced engineers, it streamlines routine coding, enabling faster iteration and experimentation.
3. Understand and Improve
Beyond writing code, MATLAB Copilot helps users interpret, explain, and refine their existing scripts. The tool can analyze unfamiliar code segments, clarify error messages, insert explanatory comments, and even generate test scripts using MATLAB Test.
By making it easier to understand legacy code or collaborate across teams, MATLAB Copilot improves productivity in large engineering projects where multiple contributors work on shared models and algorithms. It also plays a vital role in onboarding new engineers or researchers, helping them get up to speed quickly without extensive training.
Accelerating the MATLAB and Simulink Ecosystem
MathWorks’ introduction of MATLAB Copilot aligns with a broader trend of integrating AI-powered assistants into specialized software environments. However, what differentiates MATLAB Copilot is its deep integration with the MATLAB and Simulink platforms — tools already trusted by millions of engineers in industries ranging from aerospace and automotive to biomedical research and energy systems.
By embedding generative AI directly within MATLAB, users gain access to a tool that is both contextually aware and technically precise, leveraging domain-specific knowledge that general-purpose AI models often lack. This ensures that AI-generated code adheres to MATLAB’s robust standards for accuracy, performance, and reproducibility.
“MATLAB Copilot is designed to meet engineers, scientists, and researchers where they are—inside the MATLAB environment they already know and trust,” said Seth DeLand, Principal Product Marketing Manager for Generative AI at MathWorks. “It’s not just about writing code faster; it’s about making the entire development process more intuitive, more collaborative, and ultimately more empowering. We are excited to see how users take advantage of MATLAB Copilot.”
Transforming Engineering Workflows with Generative AI
MATLAB Copilot is more than just a productivity enhancer — it represents a new phase in the evolution of AI-assisted engineering. As industries increasingly adopt AI and machine learning to design smarter, more sustainable systems, engineers are under pressure to iterate faster while maintaining precision and compliance.
With MATLAB Copilot, engineers can now:
- Prototype and validate ideas faster by generating accurate code snippets and visualizations from natural language.
- Debug and optimize more efficiently, with context-sensitive insights into performance issues and coding errors.
- Enhance collaboration through automatic commenting and code explanations that make projects more readable and maintainable.
- Accelerate learning for students and researchers who are new to MATLAB or transitioning from other programming environments.
These capabilities collectively streamline workflows across disciplines, from signal processing and control systems design to AI model development and simulation.
A New Era of Human–AI Collaboration
The launch of MATLAB Copilot marks a broader shift in how MathWorks envisions the role of engineers and scientists in the AI age. Instead of replacing human expertise, MATLAB Copilot acts as an intelligent collaborator — freeing users from repetitive tasks so they can focus on creativity, innovation, and problem-solving.
By combining trusted domain knowledge with the flexibility of generative AI, MATLAB Copilot helps bridge the gap between coding and conceptual design, making the development experience more natural and efficient.
As MathWorks continues to evolve its AI capabilities, MATLAB Copilot sets the foundation for future innovations that will integrate machine learning, automation, and data analysis even more deeply into the engineering process.
With MATLAB Copilot now available in R2025b, engineers, scientists, and researchers worldwide gain a powerful new partner — one that learns from trusted sources, works seamlessly within their environment, and empowers them to design the technologies shaping tomorrow.
