18 August 2026

Linear releases data on how software teams use AI tools

• Linear, a project management platform for engineering teams, analyzed AI usage patterns across tens of thousands of its customers.
• The analysis tracked which job roles adopted AI, how company size affected adoption rates, and changes in how teams plan work and write code.
• Linear measured shifts in issue creation, pull requests (code submissions), and use of coding agents (AI that writes code automatically).

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TLDR AITLDR editorial team

Linear analyzed AI adoption patterns across tens of thousands of software teams, covering usage by role and company size as well as changes in planning, issue creation, pull requests, and coding-agent activity.