{
  "id": 288300,
  "title": "AI was meant to replace software developers. It's creating more instead.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/ai-was-meant-to-replace-software-developers-its-creating-more-instead",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-08T00:05:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/atlassian-q4-2026-earnings-ai-surprise-more-software-developers-2026-8"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Atlassian, a software giant that sells tools to help teams organize work and build software, has seen its shares surge 35% following a report of surging revenue. This growth is largely attributed to the expansion of its Jira and Confluence products, which are being adopted not only by software developers but also by non-developers across various roles such as human resources, finance, and legal. This shift is raising questions about the original fears that AI would replace software developers and shrink the software industry.\n\nInitially, there were concerns that AI's ability to make developers more productive would lead to a reduction in the need for these roles, resulting in fewer software subscriptions. This would then negatively impact companies like Atlassian that sell tools for software development. However, Atlassian's CEO, Mike Cannon-Brookes, emphasized that AI is actually creating more developer roles in the future rather than killing them. He predicted that there will be more developers in five years than there are today, and that the cost of building technology will continue to decrease while the amount of technology built will increase.\n\nThe company's CEO noted that the ability to grow this market is huge, indicating that AI is not just replacing developers but also expanding the pool of people who can build software. This shift could potentially eliminate the long-feared collapse in software jobs and subscriptions, instead creating a larger market for companies like Atlassian.",
  "summary": "AI was supposed to kill developer jobs. Atlassian's latest results suggest it's creating more software builders, not fewer.",
  "key_points": [
    "Atlassian shares surge 35% on report of revenue growth",
    "AI adoption expands Jira, Confluence use beyond developers",
    "AI creates more developer roles, not less, predicts CEO"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The surging adoption of AI-powered tools by non-developers across various roles suggests that AI is expanding the software development market, potentially eliminating fears of a collapse in software jobs and subscriptions.",
  "illustration": "https://urgent.news/ill/288300.png",
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}