Thoughtworks Jolts Enterprise AppDev Into the AI Era

Published March 03, 2026
Holger Mueller
Vice President and Principal Analyst

Executive Summary

The generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) boom changes every aspect of digital value chains, enabling companies to insert AI into any corner of enterprise automation. GenAI’s strong text-generation abilities have been revolutionary when it comes to programming languages, which are more structured than human languages. From understanding existing code to finding and fixing defects, creating and executing text scripts, documenting code, analyzing and writing requirement documents and specifications—and more—GenAI has been leveraged to revolutionize developer velocity. The “fabled” key performance indicator (KPI) that enterprises have been after, developer velocity (how enterprises can make developers more productive), is now within reach.

What is clear is that platforms are needed to provide developers with the frameworks for executing these new levels of productivity. And CxOs want these platforms to come from trusted partners that have a reliable platform, take care of security, and provide a roadmap for further enhancements. GenAI usage for developers cannot be left to experimentation and developers’ individually picking their toolsets. 

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