Rudy Lai

AI @ Honeywell

Aerospace, safety, productivity tech
Industry
Last updated
July 3, 2025 at 10:44 AM

Summary

  • Honeywell has progressively integrated AI across its aerospace, industrial, building automation, and life sciences manufacturing sectors from late 2023 through mid-2025, including collaborations with Qualcomm, Google, and Chevron, serving a large internal employee base of 95,000 and targeting over $100 million in AI-driven value.
  • The company developed multiple AI platforms and solutions such as AI-powered digital assistants for single-pilot aerospace operations, Guided Work Solutions with AI speech technology, AI-enabled manufacturing platforms (TrackWise Manufacturing), and AI-driven industrial cybersecurity tools, showing an increasing sophistication from traditional predictive AI to generative and agentic AI applications.
  • Partnerships with major technology firms and a strategic focus on autonomous industrial operations coupled with a strong internal rollout of generative AI use cases indicate Honeywell’s emphasis on using AI to reduce costs, improve operational efficiency, and enhance decision-making and workforce capabilities across its divisions.

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4 AI Use Cases at Honeywell

Building Optimization
2025
Customer Facing
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Costs
Honeywell launched an AI platform that integrates HVAC, lighting, and security systems using advanced analytics and machine learning to optimize energy consumption, preventive maintenance, and operational performance in buildings. [1]
Operational Efficiency
2025
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Costs
Honeywell uses AI to enhance industrial and aerospace operations by automating workflows, predictive maintenance, and optimizing complex systems across manufacturing and energy sectors to improve uptime and reduce resource waste. [1][2]
Safety Decision Support
2024
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Risk
Collaborations with Chevron and Qualcomm enable AI-assisted decision-making tools for refinery and energy plant operators, helping to reduce operational risks and enhance safety through intelligent data analysis and early anomaly detection. [1][2]
Workforce Enablement
2024
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Honeywell deploys generative AI copilots and AI-powered guided work solutions to assist employees and retail workers in task completion, thereby improving efficiency, training, and decision-making support across diverse employee bases. [1][2]

Timeline

2025 Q4: no updates

2025 Q3

1 updates

Honeywell introduced an AI platform to optimize building management with advanced machine learning for energy efficiency, predictive maintenance, and integration of critical systems such as HVAC, lighting, and security, reflecting maturity in AI-enabled operational optimization.

2025 Q2

2 updates

Honeywell launched TrackWise Manufacturing, a cloud-native AI platform automating life sciences workflows, introduced AI-enabled cybersecurity and digital suite platforms anchored in AI for industrial transition to autonomy, and expanded AI solutions focused on operational efficiencies and workforce upskilling.

2025 Q1

2 updates

Honeywell advanced its generative AI transformation with more than 16 production AI use cases accessible by 95,000 employees, introduced AI for simplifying pharmaceutical testing via Digital Holographic Microscopy, and revealed strong retail AI capabilities growth plans.

2024 Q4

3 updates

Honeywell formed key strategic partnerships with Chevron and Google to develop AI-assisted refining solutions and automate industrial operations, expanded collaboration with Qualcomm for AI-powered energy sector solutions, and launched new AI offerings to improve efficiency, productivity, and workforce training in the energy sector.

2024 Q3

2 updates

Honeywell developed an AI-enabled Multi-Modal Intelligent Agent powered by Qualcomm for mobile applications, and aggressively rolled out generative AI capabilities across its 95,000 employees as part of a broader AI transformation.

2024 Q2

3 updates

Honeywell expanded AI integration with its Guided Work Solutions enhancing retailer performance via AI speech technologies, announced generative AI initiatives aiming for $100 million value creation, and introduced Honeywell Forge Performance+, a cloud-based AI platform for aerospace commercial MRO.

2024 Q1: no updates

2023 Q4

1 updates

Honeywell initiated AI use in aerospace with a project leveraging AI-powered digital assistants to advance single-pilot operations in Europe, signaling early adoption in aviation safety and crew efficiency.