incident.io shares AI spending and PR impact data

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Software reliability startup incident.io has shared detailed data on its AI spending, code generation, and productivity impacts over the last two years. The company reports that nearly 80% of production-bound pull requests now include AI-generated code, while monthly spending on AI tools peaked during the summer before dropping significantly following the adoption of newer models. The startup also found that tenured engineers significantly increased their output while newer engineers performed better when abstaining from AI during their first month. Open article →