Sacha Greif’s annual survey of 7,258 developers shows AI-assisted coding has gone mainstream, with respondents now generating 54% of their code with AI, up from 28% last year. Claude Code leads in positive sentiment among coding agents at 42.3%. Spending on AI tools keeps rising as the industry shifts from VC-subsidized pricing to sustainable monetization. Hallucinations remain the top pain point.
State of AI 2026 results
