Coinbase CEO Says Nearly Half of Company’s Code Is Now Written by AI

Coinbase is embracing artificial intelligence at an unprecedented ￰0￱ Brian Armstrong revealed on Wednesday that more than 40% of the company’s code is now generated by AI, and he expects that figure to reach 50% within a month. “Obviously it needs to be reviewed and understood, and not all areas of the business can use AI-generated ￰1￱ we should be using it responsibly as much as we possibly can,” Armstrong wrote on ￰2￱ also shared a chart showing that the percentage of AI-generated code at Coinbase has more than doubled since ￰3￱ remarks come shortly after Coinbase announced plans to transform its workforce into “AI-Natives,” underscoring that it does not intend to replace its 4,200 employees with automation but rather equip them to work more efficiently with ￰4￱ Reshaping Engineering Culture Armstrong has been vocal about pushing engineers to embrace AI tools such as Copilot, Claude Code, and Cursor, which are now widely used across Coinbase’s engineering ￰5￱ said the shift has allowed individual engineers to refactor, upgrade, and build new codebases in days—tasks that would have previously taken ￰6￱ CEO has also taken a tough stance against employees resistant to ￰7￱ a recent podcast appearance, Armstrong revealed he dismissed engineers who could not provide valid reasons for avoiding AI after he posted a company-wide mandate on Slack requiring its ￰8￱ concerns that AI will replace human jobs , Coinbase’s strategy suggests the ￰9￱ company sees AI as a way to streamline operations, improve productivity, and accelerate innovation rather than cut ￰10￱ Continues Hiring Coinbase is actively expanding its workforce even as much of the crypto sector remains cautious about ￰11￱ to its careers page, the firm has around 350 job openings, nearly half of which are ￰12￱ those, 93 are back-end engineering roles, many of which explicitly mention AI in the job ￰13￱ experience roles account for the largest share of non-technical positions, with 56 openings currently ￰14￱ large-scale layoffs in crypto have slowed , recruiters note that hiring conditions remain tighter than in previous ￰15￱ attribute this to AI drawing talent and investment away from traditional ￰16￱ appears to be positioning itself at the forefront of the shift, betting that deep integration of AI will give it a lasting competitive edge.