Report: AI Code Generation Reality Check
NEW RESEARCH | June 2026
A survey of 309 engineering leaders on what AI-generated code actually looks like in production, where review and visibility are breaking down, and what high-performing teams do differently.
44.7%
of respondents say they already run AI-generated code in production
49.2%
say security changes are the hardest to detect week to week
76.4%
say AI risk mitigation tooling would be very or extremely valuable
upcoming webinar
Go deeper on the findings: July 29
Join Ted Julian, CEO, and Aaron Beals, CTO, on Tuesday, July 29 for a working session on what the report data means for engineering leaders. We’ll cover where the visibility gap is widest, why 76% of leaders say risk mitigation tooling is now critical, and what high-performing teams do differently.