Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has ignited a firestorm in the tech world, revealing that a staggering 30% of Microsoft’s code is now being written by artificial intelligence. Speaking alongside Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg at Meta’s LlamaCon AI developer event, Nadella unveiled the rapidly accelerating role of AI in software development.
“I’d say maybe 20%, 30% of the code that is inside of our repos today and some of our projects are probably all written by software,” Nadella stated, underscoring the monumental shift occurring within Microsoft’s engineering teams.
Zuckerberg hinted Meta is aiming to have AI develop 50% of its AI models within the next year, escalating the AI arms race. This explosive growth is mirrored across the industry, with Google CEO Sundar Pichai previously reporting over 25% of new Google code being AI-authored. Shopify and Duolingo are also aggressively pursuing AI-driven workflows to reduce reliance on human employees.
The ambition is clear: to create superior software at an unprecedented pace. The move signals an irrevocable shift in how software is created and what it means for the future of tech jobs.