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MARCH 2026

okta.com Engineering AI Productivity Report

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

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The okta.com engineering team reports 90.3% AI adoption, 1.11× productivity lift, and 20.6% 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

HIGH

90.3%

AI assistance is present in 90.3% of recent commits for okta.com.

AI Productivity Lift

MODERATE

1.11×

AI-enabled workflows deliver an estimated 11% lift in throughput.

AI Code Quality

LOW

20.6%

Review insights show 20.6% overall code health on AI-supported changes.

How is the okta.com team performing with AI?

The okta.com engineering team reports 90.3% AI adoption, translating into 1.11× productivity lift while sustaining 20.6% 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?

okta.com is at 90.3%. This is 46.5pp above the community median (43.8%)..

90.3%

↑46.5pp above43.8% Community Median

Keep codifying prompts and monitoring adoption so the lead over peers is sustainable.

Does AI actually make developers faster?

okta.com operates at 1.11×. This is 0.02× below the community median (1.13×)..

1.11×

Roughly in line1.13× Community Median

Instrument reviewer assignment and AI summaries to trim the slowest merge steps and edge past the median.

How does AI affect code quality?

okta.com holds AI-assisted quality at 20.6%. This is 2.7pp below the community median (23.3%)..

20.6%

Roughly in line23.3% Community Median

Invest in AI-specific test checklists and shadow reviews to keep quality slightly ahead of peers.

How evenly is AI use distributed across our team?

AI usage is broad—top contributors represent 44.2% of AI commits.

44.2%

Keep rotating enablement leads and pair senior reviewers with new AI adopters to retain distribution.

How can I prove AI ROI to executives?

okta.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:

ID

idesie.com

(2904.2%)

IN

inngest.com

(1429.6%)

PE

pevesoft.ro

(87.6%)

VL

vllmr.dev

(87.6%)

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

Productivity Lift

Cycle-time improvement vs baseline

Companies in this quartile:

AC

acad.pucrs.br

(1.12×)

MC

mcornholio.ru

(1.12×)

HA

hassan.host

(1.01×)

MU

musicaloft.com

(1.01×)

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:

KO

konghq.com

(795.0%)

IN

inngest.com

(701.7%)

GZ

gzgz.dev

(20.0%)

GW

gwu.edu

(20.0%)

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.

SM

Subhankar Maiti

Commits13
AI Usage92.0%
Productivity Lift2.00x
Code Quality20.0%
BD

Brian Duffield

Commits214
AI Usage94.0%
Productivity Lift2.00x
Code Quality98.0%
KG

Kevin Ghadyani

Commits41
AI Usage92.0%
Productivity Lift2.00x
Code Quality20.0%
CA

CI Automation

Commits16
AI Usage96.0%
Productivity Lift2.00x
Code Quality20.0%
JA

Jim Anderson

Commits46
AI Usage89.1%
Productivity Lift1.93x
Code Quality70.4%

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

17

bryancunningham-okta

okta/odyssey

jpadilla

feldera/feldera

openfga/openfga

emikhasyak-okta

okta/okta-developer-docs

paulwallace-okta

okta/okta-help

eng-info-dev-github-bot

okta/okta-help

KevinGhadyani-Okta

okta/odyssey

Activity

955 Commits

Your Network

59 People
LazarVuckovic-okta
Member
TiffanyNg-okta
Member
adamjmcgrath
Member
adriantam
Member
ahmedalkoasmh-okta
Member
alexchen-okta
Member
AlexNachbaur
Member
amanda.vanscoy@okta.com
Member
askouras
Member

Why these metrics matter for engineering managers

Faster delivery

1.4x lift → predictable roadmaps

Safer velocity

93% quality → lower rollback risk

Equitable gains

AI less dependency on heroes

Governance

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