Solving The Engineering Productivity Paradox
Security Boulevard, Tuesday, June 17th, 2025
"Today, more than a quarter of all new code at Google is generated by AI, then reviewed and accepted by engineers. This helps our engineers do more and move faster.'
That's what Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet, said in their Q3 2024 earnings call. And in their most recent call, Sundar updated that number to 'well over 30% now.'
But here's where things get interesting. On the Lex Fridman podcast this month, Sundar clarified those comments, saying:
'Looking at Google, we've given various stats around 30% of code now uses AI-generated suggestions or whatever. But the most important metric, and we measure it carefully, is how much has our engineering velocity increased as a company due to AI, right? It's tough to measure, and we really try to measure it rigorously, and our estimates are that number is now at 10%.'