Perplexity's CEO, Aravind Srinivas, has made it mandatory for employees to use AI coding tools like Cursor or GitHub Copilot to cut down prototyping time drastically.
The use of AI coding tools has significantly reduced experimentation time from days to an hour, benefiting both technical and non-technical colleagues at Perplexity.
The traction of AI coding tools is evident across the tech industry as companies like Visa, Reddit, and startups are explicitly requiring experience with tools like Cursor and Bolt.
While AI coding tools are enhancing engineering productivity, industry leaders caution that they come with trade-offs, potentially slowing down experienced engineers and leaving humans with less desirable coding tasks.