I keep seeing claims that AI has 10Xed the productivity of software engineers. I’ve seen them here, this week, in fact.
Here’s my question: where’s the software company that has 10Xed their profits using AI?
If these kinds of gains were in reach, why hasn’t Microsoft or Google done it?
Max Leibman
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2026-08-05 01:56:35 UTC
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