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DORA | State of AI-assisted Software Development 2025

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DORA | State of AI-assisted Software Development 2025

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The State of AI-assisted Software Development report reveals AI’s primary role is as an amplifier, magnifying an organization’s existing strengths and weaknesses. The greatest returns on AI investment come not from the tools themselves, but from a strategic focus on the underlying organizational system.

Next, checkout the DORA AI Capabilities Model, a companion guide to this report with more information on how to improve your organization’s AI-assisted software development practices.

The 2025 DORA Report is presented by Google Cloud in collaboration with the following research partners.

IT Revolution

IT Revolution empowers enterprise technology leaders with essential insights for succeeding in the digital age through books, papers, events, and more. We focus on leadership strategies and organizational practices that drive high performance in large, complex companies, helping them thrive in the rapidly evolving business landscape.

GitHub

GitHub is the world’s leading AI-powered developer platform to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Over 150 million people, including more than 90% of the Fortune 100 companies, use GitHub to collaborate and experiment across 420+ million repositories.

GitLab

GitLab is the most comprehensive, intelligent DevSecOps platform for software innovation. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100 trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster.

SkillBench

SkillBench helps organizations implement generative AI to boost productivity and skills. Our AI-native platform decomposes focal work, certifies outputs with internal experts, predicts skill-based outcomes of AI use, and securely traces turn-by-turn developer-AI interactions for validation. This new telemetry unlocks strategic possibilities for organizations and their people.

Workhelix

Workhelix helps large enterprises plan, co-create, measure, and accelerate AI transformation. We identify where generative AI drives the greatest ROI, co-create actionable rollout plans, and track adoption over time—turning investments into measurable gains. Founded by Stanford and MIT experts, we blend causal-inference analytics with change-management tools for every adoption phase.