Google says 75% new code AI
- Google CEO Sundar Pichai said on April 22 that 75% of all new code at Google is now generated by artificial intelligence and approved by engineers. - Pichai said the share was 50% last fall, after Google disclosed in October 2024 that more than a quarter of new code was AI-generated. - Google tied the jump to “agentic workflows” and internal use of Gemini tools, as coding shifts toward review and orchestration. (blog.google)
Google says artificial intelligence now generates 75% of all new code at the company, with human engineers still reviewing and approving what ships. (blog.google) Chief executive Sundar Pichai disclosed the figure in a Google Cloud Next post on April 22, 2026. He wrote that the share was 50% last fall. (blog.google) That is a sharp jump from October 29, 2024, when Pichai told investors that more than a quarter of all new code at Google was generated by AI, then reviewed and accepted by engineers. (abc.xyz) Google is describing a change in workflow, not a claim that engineers are gone. In both the 2024 earnings call and the 2026 Cloud Next post, Pichai said engineers review, accept, or approve the code. (abc.xyz) (blog.google) Pichai also said Google is moving into “agentic workflows,” where engineers direct autonomous software agents to carry out larger tasks. He wrote that engineers are “orchestrating fully autonomous digital task forces.” (blog.google) Google paired that claim with a speed example. Pichai said a complex code migration finished six times faster than it would have a year earlier because of agents working under engineer supervision. (blog.google) The company has been using the code statistic to show that its own products are deployed internally before being sold outside Google. Pichai called Google “customer zero” for its AI tools in the same Cloud Next update. (blog.google) Google did not break out which teams, languages, or repositories make up the 75% figure, and it did not say how much AI-written code is later rewritten before release. The public claim is limited to “all new code at Google” and the requirement that engineers approve it. (blog.google) The number still marks a fast rise in how one of the world’s largest software companies says code gets produced. In 18 months, Google’s public figure moved from more than 25% to 75%. (abc.xyz) (blog.google) For Google, the line between writing code and managing code is getting thinner. The company’s own framing is that engineers remain accountable, but more of the first draft now comes from machines. (blog.google)
