Air Products

How they deploy

Deployment model

Air Products has not described how it organizes AI delivery. Eduardo Menezes's Jul 2025 description pairs AI tools for most employees, used in grassroots projects, with large corporate AI initiatives such as energy management, and Air Products' digital technology function under EVP and CIO Brian Galovich has run the company's digital strategy since Dec 2020. In Nov 2021 Galovich said Air Products was reorganizing IT into lines of service, including one for data and architecture that held all of its data scientists, and was opening some solution building to business users under IT controls.

Model providers

Air Products has not named any AI model provider in its filings, earnings calls, releases or sustainability report. C3 AI, an enterprise AI application vendor, listed Air Products among companies that signed new and expanded agreements in its fiscal fourth quarter of 2025 (released May 28, 2025) and fiscal second quarter of 2026 (released Dec 3, 2025), without describing the applications or the models behind them.

Data and infrastructure

Brian Galovich said in Nov 2021 that Air Products had moved the vast majority of its infrastructure to the cloud, aimed to be fully out of its data centers by the end of 2022, and was building an IoT platform to track cylinders and liquid product logistics in its merchant business; Air Products has not said whether it met the data center target or which cloud providers it uses. Air Products' fiscal 2025 Form 10-K says its technology is delivered through internal and external services and that its cybersecurity program covers both enterprise systems and the operational technology of its plants and pipelines. Air Products has not said where AI inference runs or what data its AI tools may use.

Leadership

AI, data and platform leaders

AI org map

Digital technology under the CIO; no dedicated AI office disclosed

Air Products' leadership page, checked Nov 5, 2026, lists no chief AI or chief data officer among its 8 enterprise leaders; EVP and CIO Brian Galovich is the technology executive among them. Galovich joined in Dec 2020 reporting to the CEO, with responsibility for technology-driven solutions across the company, and the 2026 proxy statement places him on the executive leadership team of executive officers and senior officers who report directly to the CEO; the chief information security officer works under his direction. Eduardo Menezes has said AI work combines employee-led projects with corporate initiatives such as energy management, without naming an owner for those initiatives.

Air Products has published no count of technologists, data scientists or AI engineers. Air Products' digital work sits in the digital technology function under EVP and CIO Brian Galovich, who said in Nov 2021 that all of the company's data scientists and enterprise architects work in one data and architecture line of service; the chief information security officer, who joined in 2025, reports to the CIO. Eduardo Menezes has described grassroots AI projects by employees alongside corporate AI initiatives, without saying who runs the corporate initiatives.

Use cases

Air Products has described AI in a handful of areas: tools for most employees, administration and SG&A work, engineering, and corporate initiatives such as energy management, plus C3 AI applications it has not named. Air Products has published no return it credits to AI for any of them, and no firm-level AI figure; the savings it reports, about $250 million a year from 3,600 headcount reductions once complete (Nov 2025), come from job cuts and productivity actions that Air Products does not attribute to AI.

Adoption

Air Products has not published a count of employees using AI. Eduardo Menezes said on Jul 31, 2025 that Air Products is investing to bring AI and digital transformation tools to the majority of its employees, about 21,300 at Sep 30, 2025, and the 2026 Sustainability Report, covering fiscal 2025, says AI tools were deployed across the organization. Menezes said on Jan 30, 2026 that Air Products is using a lot of AI in administration, SG&A and engineering, but Air Products has given no tool names, weekly or monthly users, or share of staff with access.

By the numbers

Economics & controls

Recent signals

1. Nov 5, 2026

   Air Products reported fiscal 2026 adjusted EPS of $13.45, up 12%, with higher costs partly offset by productivity improvements, and more than $2.0 billion of new electronics wins in its backlog; the release does not mention AI.

   Fiscal 2026 results release (SEC)

2. Jul 30, 2026

   Melissa Schaeffer said Air Products had recognized about $75 million of savings from its headcount reduction plan in the first 9 months of fiscal 2026, without crediting any of it to AI.

   Q3 fiscal 2026 call transcript

3. Jun 26, 2026

   Air Products' 2026 Sustainability Report, covering fiscal 2025, said the company reoriented its strategy in 2025 around reliable delivery and operational efficiency, including the deployment of AI tools across the organization.

   2026 Sustainability Report

4. Apr 30, 2026

   Eduardo Menezes said the semiconductor industry is in a historic investment cycle driven by AI demand and that Air Products expects helium volumes to large electronics customers in Asia to more than double from 2026 to 2030, while Melissa Schaeffer reported about $50 million of headcount savings in the first half.

   Q2 fiscal 2026 call transcript

5. Jan 30, 2026

   Eduardo Menezes said Air Products is using a lot of AI in administration, SG&A and engineering, whose savings it keeps, and that AI savings on power costs may be shared with customers under pass-through contracts.

   Q1 fiscal 2026 call transcript

6. Dec 11, 2025

   Air Products' 2026 proxy statement said its reoriented strategy emphasizes productivity, including through the deployment of AI tools, and that CIO Brian Galovich is no longer designated an executive officer but remains in his role.

   2026 proxy statement (SEC)

7. Dec 3, 2025

   C3 AI named Air Products among companies that entered new and expanded agreements in its quarter ended Oct 31, 2025.

   C3 AI results release (SEC)

8. Nov 20, 2025

   Air Products' fiscal 2025 Form 10-K reported about 21,300 employees and warned that AI tooling and bots may increase its and its vendors' exposure to cyberattacks; its chief information security officer joined in 2025.

   Fiscal 2025 Form 10-K (SEC)

9. Nov 6, 2025

   Eduardo Menezes said Air Products had identified 3,600 headcount reductions since 2022, worth about $250 million a year once complete, and aims for 2018 staffing levels minus further productivity from new initiatives like AI.

   Q4 fiscal 2025 call transcript

Quick answers

How does Air Products deploy AI?

Air Products deploys AI as part of a cost and productivity drive under CEO Eduardo Menezes, who said in Jul 2025 that the company is investing to bring AI tools to most of its employees and in Jan 2026 that it uses a lot of AI in administration and engineering. C3 AI listed new and expanded agreements with Air Products in May and Dec 2025. Air Products names no AI platform, model provider, user count or AI owner, and reports no return it credits to AI.

What does Air Products use AI for?

Air Products has described AI in a handful of areas: tools for most employees, administration and SG&A work, engineering, and corporate initiatives such as energy management, plus C3 AI applications it has not named. Air Products has published no return it credits to AI for any of them, and no firm-level AI figure; the savings it reports, about $250 million a year from 3,600 headcount reductions once complete (Nov 2025), come from job cuts and productivity actions that Air Products does not attribute to AI.

Who leads AI at Air Products?

AI at Air Products is led by Brian Galovich (Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer). Ownership of AI on the org chart: No named AI owner; EVP and CIO Brian Galovich leads digital strategy.

What AI platform does Air Products use?

Air Products has named no internal AI platform; C3 AI listed new and expanded agreements with Air Products in its May 28, 2025 and Dec 3, 2025 results releases, without saying which applications they cover.

Which AI models does Air Products use?

Air Products has not said which AI models or model providers it uses, or whether it runs any model in its own environment.

How many Air Products employees use AI?

Eduardo Menezes said on Jul 31, 2025 that Air Products is investing to bring AI and digital transformation tools to the majority of its employees, and the 2026 Sustainability Report says AI tools were deployed across the organization in 2025; Air Products gives no count of employees using them.

What return has Air Products reported from AI?

Air Products has reported no business return it credits to AI since May 2025: its results releases and earnings calls from Jul 2025 to Jul 2026 attribute cost savings to headcount reductions and productivity actions, and Eduardo Menezes said on Nov 6, 2025 that the staffing goal comes before any further productivity from new initiatives like AI. Air Products has not reported a company-wide rollout with a user count either: Menezes said on Jul 31, 2025 that the company is investing to bring AI tools to the majority of employees and the 2026 Sustainability Report says AI tools were deployed across the organization, but neither gives a number of users, and no executive is named as owner of AI. Air Products' AI work since May 2025 is on the public record, from those statements to the C3 AI agreements listed in May and Dec 2025 and Menezes's Jan 30, 2026 remark that the company uses a lot of AI in administration and engineering, so Air Products sits at Experimenting rather than Unknown. A cost or headcount figure Air Products credits to AI in one use case, or a stated count of employees using its AI tools under a named owner, would move Air Products to Piloting.

Open questions

• Which AI tools has Air Products given employees, and how many of its roughly 21,300 employees use them each week or month?
• Who owns AI at Air Products: CIO Brian Galovich, a business or operations leader, or a team Air Products has not named?
• Which C3 AI applications does Air Products run under the agreements C3 AI listed in May and Dec 2025, at which sites, and are they in production?
• What do Air Products' corporate AI initiatives in energy management do, are they running in plants, and what have they saved in power cost or consumption?
• What has AI in administration, SG&A and engineering returned to Air Products in cost or headcount, and how much of the $250 million headcount program, if any, does AI make possible?
• Which AI models and cloud providers does Air Products use, where does inference run, and what company or customer data may its AI tools use?
• What does Air Products spend on AI, and how large is its digital technology organization and its data science team today?
• Did Air Products mention AI on its Nov 5, 2026 fiscal fourth quarter call, and will it report a figure for AI-driven productivity in fiscal 2027?

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