New Techreviewer.co Research: 89% of Software Companies Now Use AI to Write Code, but 90% Report at Least One Downside
The third annual study of 127 software development firms reports record productivity gains, but also highlights increasing concerns about hallucinated code, security risks, and skill erosion among junior developers.
Techreviewer.co, a B2B research and ratings platform for technology service providers, has released its third annual research on AI use in software development, polling 127 companies worldwide.
The study shows that 89% of software development companies now use AI to write or assist with code, with the median company reporting that AI manages 26% to 50% of its codebase. About one in four companies say AI produces more than half of their code, and 62.2% report daily AI use by most or all developers. On average, companies use four AI tools simultaneously. Claude/Claude Code leads adoption at 93.7%, followed by ChatGPT/OpenAI tools (77.2%), Google Gemini (58.3%), GitHub Copilot (57.5%), and Cursor (52.0%).
Nearly 97% of respondents reported productivity gains from AI, with no company reporting a decline in any of the past three years. The proportion of companies reporting gains above 50% has increased from 7.5% in 2024 to 30.7% in 2026.
