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May 17, 2026
87% of Sea's Engineers Use AI Coding Tool Weekly
Published: May 17, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Updated: May 17, 2026 at 12:11 AM
100-word summary
Sea Limited rolled out OpenAI's Codex across its gaming, e-commerce, and fintech engineering teams, and the tool stuck: 87% of users now code with it every week. That's not pilot-program interest; that's Tuesday-morning habit. Three-quarters of frequent users would recommend it to colleagues, a signal that AI pair programming has crossed from novelty to standard practice inside one of Asia's largest tech companies. Sea is doubling down with a Codex hackathon series kicking off June 6 in Singapore, designed to train regional talent on AI-native development patterns. The shift hints at a bigger change: when most engineers work alongside AI by default, teams start optimizing for speed and output rather...
What happened
Sea Limited rolled out OpenAI's Codex across its gaming, e-commerce, and fintech engineering teams, and the tool stuck: 87% of users now code with it every week. That's not pilot-program interest; that's Tuesday-morning habit. Three-quarters of frequent users would recommend it to colleagues, a signal that AI pair programming has crossed from novelty to standard practice inside one of Asia's largest tech companies. Sea is doubling down with a Codex hackathon series kicking off June 6 in Singapore, designed to train regional talent on AI-native development patterns.
Why it matters
The shift hints at a bigger change: when most engineers work alongside AI by default, teams start optimizing for speed and output rather than headcount.