Report: Lower Performing Software Engineering Teams Benefit More from AI
An analysis of 2,000 organizations worldwide finds that historically lower performing software engineering teams are seeing nearly a 50% improvement in lead time to delivery, a four times greater rate of improvement over higher performing teams that have adopted AI coding tools. Conducted by Plandek, a provider of a developer productivity intelligence platform, the report […]
Checkmarx Extends Vulnerability Detection to AI Coding Tool from AWS
Checkmarx this week revealed it has added support for the Kiro artificial intelligence (AI) coding tool provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) to its Checkmarx Developer Assist that leverages AI to surface vulnerabilities before code is committed. The Checkmarx IDE extension for Kiro is designed to be activated from within the Developer Assist tab that […]
Best of 2025: AI Coding: New Research Shows Even the Best Models Struggle With Real-World Software Engineering
As AI increasingly permeates the software development landscape, new research from OpenAI offers sobering insights into the current limitations of even the most advanced AI coding assistants. The benchmark study, “SWE-Lancer: Can Frontier LLMs Earn $1 Million from Real-World Freelance Software Engineering?” presents evidence that despite rapid advances, today’s frontier AI models still fall short […]
Cursor Acquires Graphite to Streamline AI-Powered Development
Cursor, the artificial intelligence (AI) coding assistant valued at $29 billion, has acquired code review startup Graphite to address what Cursor CEO Michael Truell describes as a growing bottleneck in software development. The companies declined to disclose financial terms but confirmed the transaction involves a mix of cash and equity. While AI has dramatically accelerated […]
Anthropic Acquires Bun to Accelerate AI Coding Tools
Anthropic says it has acquired Bun, a high-performance JavaScript toolkit, to turbocharge its artificial intelligence (AI) coding capabilities — further underscoring a significant push into developer tooling as it scales Claude Code, its code-generation platform. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Anthropic emphasized that Bun will remain open source and MIT-licensed. The […]
Survey Surfaces Impact AI Coding Tools Are Having on DevOps Workflows
A survey of 206 IT leaders and executives finds that, with the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) coding tools, more application development teams are devoting more time to reviewing rather than writing code. Conducted by Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) on behalf of Perforce, the survey finds 57% of developers now spend more time on code […]
Anthropic Launches Claude Sonnet 4.5: Built for Production Coding and Extended Autonomous Work
Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.5 sets a new bar for coding, agentic tasks, and computer use, with 30+ hours of autonomous operation. Early adopters report major gains in accuracy, security, and long-horizon development. With new tools and SDKs, Sonnet 4.5 marks the shift from AI as assistant to AI as a true engineering teammate.
GitHub CEO To Step Down As Company Is More Tightly Embraced by Microsoft’s CoreAI Team
Thomas Dohmke, CEO of Microsoft Corp.-owned GitHub, said on Monday he’s stepping down and will leave the company at the end of 2025 to become “a founder again,” signaling a major shakeup in how the artificial intelligence (AI) coding unit is run. Since Microsoft acquired GitHub in 2018 for $7.5 billion, it has operated as […]
R Systems Picks Anysphere to Build AI Coding Practice Around Cursor
R Systems International Limited, a global systems integrator, this week revealed it is building a coding practice based on Cursor, an artificial intelligence (AI) coding tool developed by Anysphere.
Cognition AI to Acquire Windsurf After Google Licensing Deal
Cognition AI late Monday emerged as the likely owner of Windsurf, the hotly contested artificial intelligence (AI) coding startup that drew months-long interest from OpenAI before striking a licensing deal with Alphabet Inc.’s Google. Cognition said it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Windsurf for an undisclosed sum, capping a whirlwind, stormy few days […]
OpenAI’s $3 Billion Deal to Buy Windsurf Unravels, Google Nabs Company Execs, Licensing Rights
OpenAI’s $3 billion bid to buy artificial intelligence (AI) coding startup Windsurf crumbled late Friday, and rival Alphabet Inc.’s Google quickly picked up the pieces: The search engine giant said it has struck a deal to acquire top Windsurf executives and licensing rights to some Windsurf technology. Google announced the hiring of Windsurf CEO Varun […]
Apple’s DiffuCode: Why Non-Linear Code Generation Could Transform Development Workflows
Apple’s quiet release of DiffuCode-7B-cpGRPO on Hugging Face represents more than just another coding model; it signals a fundamental shift in how AI systems approach code generation.
Google Adds Gemini CLI to AI Coding Portfolio
The beauty of Gemini CLI lies in its approach to solving a common developer pain point: The constant context switching between development environments and AI assistance.
Claude Opus 4: The AI Revolution That Could Transform DevOps Workflows
Claude Opus 4 transforms DevOps with 7-hour autonomous coding, revolutionizing CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation and monitoring workflows.
OpenAI in Talks to Buy Windsurf for $3 Billion: Report
OpenAI is in talks to acquire Windsurf for about $3 billion, a move that would put it in competition with AI coding assistant providers.
Gemini Code Assist Goes Free: What DevOps Teams Need to Know About Google’s AI Coding Tool
Google launches free version of Gemini Code Assist with 90x more completions than competitors, offering AI-powered coding and GitHub reviews for individuals and teams.
AI Coding: New Research Shows Even the Best Models Struggle With Real-World Software Engineering
New OpenAI research reveals that frontier AI models like Claude 3.5 and GPT-4o solve fewer than half of real-world software engineering tasks from a $1M benchmark.