Analysis Bentley Called 2026 a 'New Cycle of AI-Enabled Innovation'. Its Own Awards List Shows What That Means in Practice Bentley Systems named the winners of its 2026 Year in Infrastructure Awards in Singapore on 7 October: 12 category winners and 16 Founders' Honors from 300-plus nominations across 53 countries. Three of the 28 recognised projects name AI in the project or award title; Bentley's own August finalists release put it differently, at 24 of 36 finalists reporting AI use. The CMO's argument was less about models than about who owns the data they read. Hugo Pegley · Oct 9, 2026