Report by Cycode
State of Product Security for the AI Era 2026
Key Findings
100% of organizations plan to invest more of their budget in AI-related security initiatives in the next 12 months.
78% of organizations believe that AI increases productivity.
30% of organizations state that AI now creates the majority of code in their organizations.
100% of organizations confirmed having AI-generated code in their codebases.
97% of organizations are using or piloting AI coding assistants.
79% of organizations believe that AI improves code quality.
97% of organizations plan to unify their application security stack in the next 12 months.
52% of organizations lack a formal AI governance framework.
72% of organizations believe that AI leads to faster time to market.
81% of organizations lack full visibility into how and where AI is being used across the software development lifecycle.