We all have something in common: a desire to understand the world and share what we know in ways that spark understanding and inspire action.
But communication still moves in one direction. We battle inboxes, scroll feeds and navigate hours of video. We consume posts, articles and whitepapers, rarely making it from introduction to conclusion. We send reports that few people finish and decks that nobody remembers.
Most of our time isn’t spent on deep thinking or the craft of shaping an idea into something with impact; it goes to mechanics. Find key stats. Verify and rewrite. Point, click, reorder, reformat, convert, attach, embed, and send. Hoping the people on the other end understand the facts, context, purpose — and know exactly what to do next.
We spend the most time on tasks that matter least. And the least time on work that matters most.
Meet Adobe’s productivity agent
At Adobe, we're asking a fundamental question: Is the way people have consumed, created and shared information for centuries really the best way to learn, work and engage today? We think there’s a better way, one that meets every person where they are, whether that's a single recipient or a million followers.
We see the answer in agentic technology: AI that learns your patterns, carries out complex tasks and gets things done. Adobe’s productivity agent works across your tools, freeing you to focus on setting your vision and making the judgment calls that advance your work. It coordinates with multiple agents, including Adobe’s creative agent, to handle time-consuming tactics and orchestrate outcomes.
You spend less time on process and more time on impact.
An invention that’s constantly evolving
Adobe invented PDF and Acrobat, setting the modern standard for how we share information and we’ve expanded what’s possible ever since. Today, PDF is the de facto standard for how knowledge is packaged and shared.
At its core, every PDF is made up of two things: the content being shared and the way it’s presented. When PDF was first released, people sent them as email attachments, which were then viewed on desktop machines with large format screens. The content was always viewed as static pages. As people opened more PDFs on mobile devices, we innovated by separating how the information was presented from the content with Liquid Mode, which intelligently reformats documents for mobile reading. Because one size does not fit all. As people increasingly turned to PDFs for a controlled form of collaboration, we introduced link-sharing which allowed multiple stakeholders to view and comment on a single PDF document through their web browsers — ensuring the sender could view everyone’s feedback in a single file. And as LLMs became prevalent, we were quick to add AI Assistant so people could ask questions of their documents and get accurate answers with citations.
A productivity agent that’s uniquely Acrobat
We have a rich history of taking one of the world’s most important formats, combining it with industry trends and empowering our customers with new capabilities through Acrobat. I couldn’t be more excited to say we’re doing that again with the introduction of Adobe’s productivity agent. This is just some of what’s possible with the agent:
Edit without the mechanics. You're reviewing a proposal. Instead of hunting through menus, you tell the agent what you need. "Shorten the executive summary, it’s running too long." "Flag anything that changed from the last version." Move page two with the payment terms to the end." The agent is still there to help do better work, faster.
Turn any document into a podcast. You have three industry reports to get through before tomorrow. You don’t have the time to read them. So, you ask the agent to turn them into an audio walkthrough and listen on your commute. By the time you walk into the office, you know exactly what matters.
Turn any document into a presentation. Your research is done. The insight is gathered, but turning it into something clean, visual, and ready to share with an executive used to take hours. Now you describe what you want, and the agent builds it from your research documents. You refine and share.
Share a PDF Space with an agent your audience can interact with. A document is something people receive; a PDF Space is something people experience. You bring together multiple documents, links and presentations. You add an audio overview and embed an AI Assistant that knows your material and can answer questions and provide recommendations. You easily direct the assistant on tone and areas to focus on. Then you publish the PDF Space and see how people engage with it.
Think of what this can mean for people working across different industries and professions: A real estate agent shares an interactive space where clients explore neighborhoods, compare schools and run their own numbers, closing homes faster. An HR leader builds an onboarding experience rich with first-day checklists and setup guides, letting new hires get answers quickly without having to figure out who to ask. A podcaster shares the research behind an episode with listeners and can immediately understand what resonates with their audience. A sales rep shares a deal room where prospects explore solutions at their own pace and learn exactly where there's interest. A marketing professional shares a campaign space for agency partners to dig into the brief, existing assets and messaging before the kickoff call. A product owner shares a roadmap space where executives explore market research, priorities and tradeoffs without another meeting.
The ideas that matter deserve more than an attachment. They deserve an experience. Read more about the new sharing capabilities in Acrobat.
A vision for how ideas move
In the coming months, Adobe’s productivity agent will be able to turn everything you share into an experience built around the person receiving it.
Here's one example. Your biggest pitch is coming up. In the past, you’d spend your time painstakingly building and formatting a deck. Instead, you create a new interactive experience, bring in last season's numbers, competitor intel and product specs into a single space. The agent surfaces three strategies. You refine and direct as the agent builds assets to share with all your key stakeholders: a sixty-second video for the executive, a scrolling visual story for the sustainability lead, an interactive explorer for the lead buyer to forecast revenue. You share it before the meeting, see who opened what and walk into the room knowing exactly where to focus.
You bring the information and the goal. The productivity agent suggests the best way to present it. You make the final call.
A new way of understanding and sharing information
With PDF and Acrobat, Adobe defined how the world shares information. With the Adobe productivity agent, we’re defining what comes next: technology that frees up more time and space for you to think deeply, communicate with greater intention and focus on work that moves people. By bringing productivity, creativity and AI together and keeping you at the center, we’re designing solutions that remove barriers to what you can imagine and accomplish.
Our commitment is simple. Give you more time for deep thinking and the craft of shaping an idea that only you can do. Because the productivity of the future won't be about how much you produce or how quickly, but rather the impact you have.
We’d love to hear what you think. You get the productivity agent and PDF Spaces as part of a new offer called Acrobat Express, or together with your favorite PDF tools in Acrobat Studio.
