The LeadDev AI Impact Report 2026

Thank you for clicking through to the survey. Our aim is to quantify how the adoption of AI-powered developer tools and models is impacting engineering teams. Your answers will not be attributed to you and your company in any way. The research is reported in aggregated form by our research company. Let's begin.

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* Where are you located?

USA

Canada

Europe (excluding UK and Germany)

Germany

Asia

Mexico, Central America and South America

Oceania

Africa

Other (please tell us where)

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* Which of the following best describes your job role

Software engineer (e.g. junior/senior/full stack developer)

Senior individual contributor (e.g. Staff or Distinguished Engineer)

Tech Lead (no people management)

Manager of engineers

Manager of managers

CTO or equivalent

Currently not working

Other (please tell us what)

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* To prove that you’re human and not a bot, please tell us what 7 + 5 equals.

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* Please indicate what best describes who you are.

I just want to mess with the researchers

I'm just lines of code

I am a real person

I am a bot

Not sure or don’t know