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MARCH 2026

nyu.edu Engineering AI Productivity Report

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

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The nyu.edu engineering team reports 33.5% AI adoption, 0.43× productivity lift, and 12.2% 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

33.5%

AI assistance is present in 33.5% of recent commits for nyu.edu.

AI Productivity Lift

LOW

0.43×

AI-enabled workflows deliver an estimated 0% lift in throughput.

AI Code Quality

LOW

12.2%

Review insights show 12.2% overall code health on AI-supported changes.

How is the nyu.edu team performing with AI?

The nyu.edu engineering team reports 33.5% AI adoption, translating into 0.43× productivity lift while sustaining 12.2% 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?

nyu.edu is at 33.5%. This is 10.4pp below the community median (43.8%)..

33.5%

Roughly in line43.8% Community Median

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

Does AI actually make developers faster?

nyu.edu operates at 0.43×. This is 0.70× below the community median (1.13×)..

0.43×

↓0.70× below1.13× Community Median

Pilot AI-assisted grooming, ticket triage, or incident retros to create visible productivity wins.

How does AI affect code quality?

nyu.edu holds AI-assisted quality at 12.2%. This is 11.1pp below the community median (23.3%)..

12.2%

↓11.1pp below23.3% 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—65.8% of AI commits come from a few experts, raising enablement risk.

65.8%

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

How can I prove AI ROI to executives?

To prove ROI, nyu.edu needs steadier adoption, measurable lift, and consistent quality. The ingredients are forming but not yet executive-grade.

Start with a lighthouse project, measure cycle improvements end-to-end, and harden quality guardrails.

See how your full organization compares

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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:

QU

quantstack.net

(87.6%)

ST

student.su

(87.6%)

DG

dglover.co

(21.5%)

MO

monade.li

(21.5%)

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

Productivity Lift

Cycle-time improvement vs baseline

Companies in this quartile:

RO

rockstarwizard.ninja

(1.00×)

.I

.ieselrincon.es

(1.00×)

DR

draad.nl

(-9.59×)

WG

wgu.edu

(-0.41×)

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.

SA

safipatel

Commits21
AI Usage94.0%
Productivity Lift2.00x
Code Quality86.0%
YD

yd2960

Commits7
AI Usage50.0%
Productivity Lift2.00x
Code Quality20.0%
ZW

Zeno Wang [SSW]

Commits46
AI Usage95.3%
Productivity Lift1.99x
Code Quality77.4%
TH

thomassargent30

Commits9
AI Usage20.0%
Productivity Lift1.96x
Code Quality20.0%
JI

JiaXu1024

Commits37
AI Usage92.0%
Productivity Lift1.56x
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

69

jtassarotti

mit-pdos/perennial

logsem/clutch

ysc0909

NYU-Tandon-CSSA/CSSA-web-new

rovinski

The-OpenROAD-Project/OpenROAD

kashuk

fusedio/udfs

denispelli

EasyEyes/website

az2924

tahminator/codebloom

Activity

1,951 Commits

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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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