Over 95% of Coinbase’s code is now written with AI

Written by Felix Ngstaff editorReviewed by Bryan O'Sheastaff editorWritten by Felix Ngstaff editorReviewed by Bryan O'Sheastaff editorOver 95% of Coinbase’s code is now written with AILatest NewsPublishedJul 14, 2026Coinbase’s Rob Witoff said the company is leaning more on AI to help with execution, but still needs high-agency humans for judgment and strategy. Artificial intelligence now helps write more than 95% of Coinbase’s code, offering new insight into the crypto exchange’s AI strategy following its decision to cut 14% of its workforce earlier this year. Coinbase cut 700 staff in May. In an email to employees, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said AI has “dramatically” changed the pace of work and there was a need to “return to the speed and focus of our startup founding, with AI at our core.” “Effectively, 100% of our employees are using AI on a daily basis here,” Coinbase’s head of platform, Rob Witoff, told Cointelegraph. “And close to 100% of our code, probably somewhere between 95% and 100%, is written by or with LLMs today.”The figure is more than double Coinbase’s February estimate, when the company said 40% of its code was written with AI, reflecting the accelerating pace of AI adoption across tech and crypto companies. Rob Witoff talks about Coinbase’s adoption of AI. Source: CointelegraphWitoff, however, said there is a “wide spectrum” in how it is used and the degree to which it is relied on. While writing core cryptography mainly relies on human input, prototyping is fully automated and core systems sit somewhere in the middle, he said. “For example, when we’re writing core cryptography, we have industry-leading cryptographers that are meticulously researching and reviewing one line at a time.”“We’re using AI quite a bit to test and make sure the code we’ve written is working the way it should, there’s no vulnerabilities, we’re verifying the math, but that’s a much more manual part than where we’re building internal prototypes, which is now effectiv…

Over 95% of Coinbase’s code is now written with AI

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