Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Mandates GitHub Copilot Adoption or Face Dismissal
CEO Brian Armstrong ordered every engineer to onboard GitHub Copilot or Cursor within a week — or face a Saturday review. A few who missed the deadline without a valid excuse were promptly let go. Armstrong’s hard line sends a clear message: AI adoption at Coinbase is mandatory. The company now hosts monthly sessions where teams share creative AI coding tips, though some question long-term codebase maintainability.