Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2024

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-lived Assets by Geographic Areas

Information regarding Autodesk's long-lived assets by geographic area were as follows:

	January 31,
	2024		2023
Long-lived assets (1):
Americas
U.S.	$	221	$	256
Other Americas	15		13
Total Americas	236		269
Europe, Middle East, and Africa	63		72
Asia Pacific	46		48
Total long-lived assets	$	345	$	389

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(1)Long-lived assets exclude deferred tax assets, marketable securities, goodwill, and intangible assets

Schedule of Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable

Accounts receivable, net, consisted of the following as of January 31:

	2024		2023
Trade accounts receivable	$	979	$	1,046
Less: Allowance for credit losses	(4)		(5)
Product returns reserve	(1)		(1)
Partner programs and other obligations	(98)		(79)
Accounts receivable, net	$	876	$	961

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets by Major Class

Intangible assets and related accumulated amortization at January 31, 2024 were as follows:

	Gross Carrying Amount (1)		Accumulated Amortization		Net
Customer relationships	$	664	$	(436)	$	228
Developed technologies	933		(765)		168
Trade names and patents	116		(113)		3
Other	8		(1)		7
Total intangible assets	$	1,721	$	(1,315)	$	406

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(1)Includes the effects of foreign currency translation.

Intangible assets and related accumulated amortization at January 31, 2023 were as follows:

	Gross Carrying Amount (1)		Accumulated Amortization		Net
Customer relationships	$	659	$	(402)	$	257
Developed technologies	858		(718)		140
Trade names and patents	116		(106)		10
Total intangible assets	$	1,633	$	(1,226)	$	407

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(1)Includes the effects of foreign currency translation.

Schedule of Expected Amortization Expense

Expected future amortization expense for intangible assets for each of the fiscal years ended thereafter is as follows:

	Fiscal Year ended January 31,
2025	$	90
2026	84
2027	73
2028	33
2029	19
Thereafter	107
Total	$	406

Schedule of Property, Plant and Equipment

Computer equipment, software, furniture, leasehold improvements, and the related accumulated depreciation at January 31 were as follows:

	2024		2023
Computer hardware, at cost	$	117	$	126
Computer software, at cost	48		49
Furniture and equipment, at cost	100		94
Leasehold improvements, land and buildings, at cost	357		363
	622		632
Less: Accumulated depreciation	(501)		(488)
Computer equipment, software, furniture, and leasehold improvements, net	$	121	$	144

Schedule of Goodwill

The following table summarizes the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the fiscal years ended January 31, 2024 and 2023:

	January 31, 2024		January 31, 2023
Goodwill, beginning of the year	$	3,774	$	3,753
Less: accumulated impairment losses, beginning of the year	(149)		(149)
Net Goodwill, beginning of the year	3,625		3,604
Additions arising from acquisitions during the year	25		85
Effect of foreign currency translation and measurement period adjustments (1)	3		(64)
Goodwill, end of the year	$	3,653	$	3,625

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(1)Measurement period adjustments reflect revisions made to the Company's preliminary determination of estimated fair value of assets and liabilities assumed.

Schedule of Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs

The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense for fiscal 2024, 2023, and 2022, as follows:

	Fiscal Year Ended January 31,
	2024		2023		2022
Cost of subscription and maintenance revenue	$	37	$	34	$	25
Cost of other revenue	14		12		10
Marketing and sales	258		263		234
Research and development	308		266		220
General and administrative	86		85		70
Stock-based compensation expense related to stock awards and Employee Qualified Stock Purchase Plan ("ESPP") purchases	703		660		559
Tax expense (benefit)	2		13		(53)
Stock-based compensation expense related to stock awards and ESPP purchases, net	$	705	$	673	$	506

Schedule of Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award

Autodesk uses the following assumptions to estimate the fair value of stock-based awards:

	Fiscal Year Ended		Fiscal Year Ended		Fiscal Year Ended
	January 31, 2024		January 31, 2023		January 31, 2022
	Performance Stock Unit	ESPP	Performance Stock Unit	ESPP		Performance Stock Unit	ESPP
Range of expected volatilities	40.9 - 42.5%	29.4 - 42.4%	39.4 - 40.7%	38.3 - 44.9%		36.9%	29.5 - 41.8%
Range of expected lives (in years)	N/A	0.5 - 2.0	N/A	0.5 - 2.0		N/A	0.5 - 2.0
Expected dividends	—%	—%	—%	—%		—%	—%
Range of risk-free interest rates	4.3 - 4.7%	4.3 - 5.5%	1.2 - 1.6%	0.9 - 3.9%		0.1%	0.1 - 0.2%