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MARCH 2026

certora.com Engineering AI Productivity Report

A focused summary of AI adoption, productivity lift, and code quality for the certora.com engineering team.

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The certora.com engineering team reports 29.4% AI adoption, 1.48× productivity lift, and 18.9% code quality across recent work.

These metrics track how AI integrates into delivery pipelines, how throughput changes when assistance is used, and the health of AI-supported code review outcomes.

What this report measures

We analyze commits and diffs to estimate AI adoption, productivity lift, and code quality for your engineering organization.

How to interpret these metrics

Use these signals to understand how AI assistance fits into day-to-day development, where enablement efforts drive throughput, and how review practices keep quality steady.

AI Adoption Rate

LOW

29.4%

AI assistance is present in 29.4% of recent commits for certora.com.

AI Productivity Lift

HIGH

1.48×

AI-enabled workflows deliver an estimated 48% lift in throughput.

AI Code Quality

LOW

18.9%

Review insights show 18.9% overall code health on AI-supported changes.

How is the certora.com team performing with AI?

The certora.com engineering team reports 29.4% AI adoption, translating into 1.48× productivity lift while sustaining 18.9% code quality. These outcomes suggest AI-supported reviews are embedded in day-to-day delivery without trading off reliability.

Manager Questions Answered

Real questions engineering leaders ask about AI productivity, with live benchmarks and company-specific data.

What's a good company AI adoption rate?

certora.com is at 29.4%. This is 14.2pp below the community median (43.7%)..

29.4%

Roughly in line43.7% Community Median

Spot squads sitting below the median and pair them with high-adoption champions to share workflows.

Does AI actually make developers faster?

certora.com operates at 1.48×. This is 0.35× above the community median (1.13×)..

1.48×

↑0.35× above1.13× Community Median

Double down on automation around QA and release prep to compound the gains already in flight.

How does AI affect code quality?

certora.com holds AI-assisted quality at 18.9%. This is 4.3pp below the community median (23.2%)..

18.9%

↓4.3pp below23.2% Community Median

Add structured AI code review rubrics and require human sign-off for critical surfaces.

How evenly is AI use distributed across our team?

AI impact is concentrated—81.0% of AI commits come from a few experts, raising enablement risk.

81.0%

Run prompt-sharing sessions, codify AI review checklists, and incentivize broad participation.

How can I prove AI ROI to executives?

certora.com has a solid ROI signal with room to strengthen either adoption, lift, or quality before presenting to executives.

Document case studies where AI accelerates delivery while maintaining quality, and expand playbooks across teams.

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How Your Company Ranks

See how top engineering organizations compare across AI adoption, productivity lift, and code quality.

AI Adoption

% of commits with AI assistance

Companies in this quartile:

CA

cancun.tecnm.mx

(87.3%)

MO

momentohq.com

(87.3%)

UB

ub.edu

(21.2%)

RO

rossabaker.com

(21.2%)

Top 25% of teams adopt AI in 65-75% of their commits.

Productivity Lift

Cycle-time improvement vs baseline

Companies in this quartile:

IN

inngest.com

(4.82×)

U.

u.nus.edu

(2.87×)

AC

acad.pucrs.br

(1.12×)

MC

mcornholio.ru

(1.12×)

Top performers sustain 1.5× cycle-time improvements over six months when embedding AI into workflows.

Code Quality

Post-merge defect rate

Companies in this quartile:

GZ

gzgz.dev

(20.0%)

GW

gwu.edu

(20.0%)

DR

draad.nl

(-82634.9%)

IN

inria.fr

(-2424.6%)

Top 25% maintain quality above 92% while expanding AI usage, pairing automation with rigorous guardrails.

Rankings based on aggregated Exceeds AI dataset of 1.2M commits across open-source and enterprise engineering teams (Q4 2025).

Top contributors

Top contributors combine high AI adoption and quality output. Encourage internal sharing of best practices.

AG

Arie Gurfinkel

Commits11
AI Usage20.0%
Productivity Lift2.00x
Code Quality20.0%
RA

rahav

Commits51
AI Usage44.0%
Productivity Lift1.95x
Code Quality20.0%
JS

Johannes Spaeth

Commits8
AI Usage20.0%
Productivity Lift1.29x
Code Quality20.0%
UR

urikirsh

Commits6
AI Usage20.0%
Productivity Lift1.15x
Code Quality20.0%
CH

christiane-certora

Commits8
AI Usage20.0%
Productivity Lift1.07x
Code Quality20.0%

Encourage knowledge transfer from top AI users to others through internal mentoring or recorded "AI coding walkthroughs." Balanced adoption across the team typically improves overall performance by 12-15%.

Cross-Organization Network

Shared Repositories

3

andrew-certora

liquity/bold

yoav-el-certora

Certora/Documentation

srunquist-certora

No repositories listed

christiane-certora

Certora/Documentation

rahav-certora

Certora/Documentation

shoham-certora

Certora/Documentation

Activity

84 Commits

Your Network

11 People
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christiane-certora
Member
nafur
Member
ilyaCertora
Member
johspaeth
Member
rahav-certora
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srunquist-certora
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Why these metrics matter for engineering managers

Faster delivery

1.4x lift → predictable roadmaps

Safer velocity

93% quality → lower rollback risk

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