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MARCH 2026

r3.com Engineering AI Productivity Report

A focused summary of AI adoption, productivity lift, and code quality for the r3.com engineering team.

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The r3.com engineering team reports 48.6% AI adoption, 1.18× productivity lift, and 16.1% 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

MODERATE

48.6%

AI assistance is present in 48.6% of recent commits for r3.com.

AI Productivity Lift

MODERATE

1.18×

AI-enabled workflows deliver an estimated 18% lift in throughput.

AI Code Quality

LOW

16.1%

Review insights show 16.1% overall code health on AI-supported changes.

How is the r3.com team performing with AI?

The r3.com engineering team reports 48.6% AI adoption, translating into 1.18× productivity lift while sustaining 16.1% 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?

r3.com is at 48.6%. This is 4.9pp above the community median (43.7%)..

48.6%

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?

r3.com operates at 1.18×. This is 0.05× above the community median (1.13×)..

1.18×

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?

r3.com holds AI-assisted quality at 16.1%. This is 7.1pp below the community median (23.2%)..

16.1%

↓7.1pp 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—70.8% of AI commits come from a few experts, raising enablement risk.

70.8%

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

How can I prove AI ROI to executives?

To prove ROI, r3.com 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:

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.

CH

chriscochrane

Commits22
AI Usage26.0%
Productivity Lift2.00x
Code Quality20.0%
AE

Adel El-Beik

Commits20
AI Usage36.0%
Productivity Lift1.57x
Code Quality20.0%
LW

LWogan

Commits2
AI Usage20.0%
Productivity Lift1.50x
Code Quality20.0%
RF

Ryan Fowler

Commits6
AI Usage20.0%
Productivity Lift1.34x
Code Quality20.0%
JZ

Jakub Zadroga

Commits10
AI Usage70.0%
Productivity Lift1.23x
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

mkitR3

corda/corda

jakubzadroga

corda/corda

LWogan

corda/corda-runtime-os

ronanbrowne

corda/corda

adelel1

corda/corda

blsemo

corda/corda

Activity

57 Commits

Your Network

14 People
adelel1
Member
chriscochrane
Member
blsemo
Member
dries.samyn@r3.com
Member
jakubzadroga
Member
vlajos
Member
LWogan
Member
lasiqueira
Member
mkitR3
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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