Webinar: AI usage and measuring AI Tools ROI, based on professional software developers and data that will be published in Q2 2026
New data on AI usage and measuring AI ROI, based on software developers. Access data that will be published in Q2, and will be presented first in this webinar.
Sourced through an independent, global survey on 2,000+ and 8,000+ professional developers
AI usage insights and understanding AI adoption ROI in 2026, based on data
AI developer tools are improving daily. How does this affect usage? Can team leaders prove ROI?
Developers are interacting with AI technologies in new ways in Q1 2026. At the same time:
Product marketers and DevRel teams need clearer signals on how AI usage is changing developer needs, expectations, and engagement
Senior engineering leaders are under pressure to prove whether AI coding tools are worth the investment, yet measurement is often inconsistent or immature
Teams need to understand not just whether ROI is being tracked, but what “measurement” actually looks like across different organisations and company sizes
In this session, we unpack what developers’ AI usage patterns and AI ROI measurement trends mean for product, marketing, and developer-facing strategy.
Register to access the live briefing + a Q&A session with Bleona Bicaj.
What we will cover in this webinar session:
1. AI usage
How developers are interacting with AI technologies in Q1 2026
Trends on developers' interaction with AI technologies
2. AI ROI
Do senior engineering leaders believe AI coding tools are worth the investment?
Are organisations actually tracking whether AI tools deliver, or relying on instinct?
Among measurers, how structured is that process – and does "we measure it" mean anything consistent across the market?
How does measurement maturity differ between different company sizes?
3. Introducing: AI Developer Tools Benchmark
We know that choosing the right AI developer tool, or making the case for one internally, is harder than it should be. There's a lot of noise, a lot of vendor claims, and not enough independent signal. That's exactly why we built the AI Developer Tools Benchmark. It is a rigorous, survey-based study that gives engineering leaders and product teams a clear, comparable view of how today's leading AI coding tools actually perform: across productivity, trust, quality, and value. Real data from real developers so that you can make decisions with confidence.
Presenter:
Bleona Bicaj, Principal Research Consultant & Product Strategist Bleona is a research consultant, enthusiastic about product strategy and behavioural science. She holds a Master’s in Economic and Consumer Psychology. With more than 6 years of professional experience as an analyst, she has worked across quantitative and qualitative research studies, turning complex data into clear narratives that inform better products, smarter investments, and long-term growth.
Methodology & data source
Developer Nation 31st edition reached over 8,000 respondents around theworld. As such, the Developer Nation series continues to be the most comprehensive independent research on mobile, desktop, Industrial IoT, consumer electronics, 3rd party app ecosystems, cloud, web, game, AR/VR and machine learning developers and data scientists combined ever conducted. All insights are based on the large-scale online developer survey designed, produced and carried out by SlashData over a period of six and a half weeks between December 2025 and January 2026.
All SlashData surveys are monitored and cleaned to ensure the highest standards of retained responses. Our proprietary cleansing is designed to mitigate and remove opportunistic, fraudulent, and bot responses. Consisting of multiple criteria formulated around logic rules, speed, consistency, and response-taking behaviour, this holistic assessment is key to ensuring the highest degree of data quality
FAQs about the Webinar
If I can’t attend live, should I still register for the AI usage and ROI webinar?
Yes. Registrants receive the recording and slides after the session, so you can still use the content internally but you will miss the ability to interact during the QnA section and the chance to connect with the speakers.
What exactly do I get immediately after registering?
A confirmation and access details via Luma, plus delivery of the free benchmark snapshot as part of the registration flow.
Can I share the webinar materials internally?
Of course. The recording and slides are designed to power decisions, so all insights are presented in a way that encourages discussion and internal circulation across engineering, product, procurement, and finance stakeholders.
What data will be discussed publicly versus reserved for the full benchmark?
This webinar covers the benchmark signals and how to interpret them for strategic decisions. Deeper data cuts, dashboards and tailored competitive benchmarkings will be available shortly after the webinar, but exclusively through an analyst briefing. Contact us to organise a walkthrough of the available insights you can access.: Free Research Report
All registrants will instantly receive access to the free version of the research AI Coding Tools Benchmark report:
Including:
Market adoption data
Developer workflow insights
Emerging trends in AI-assisted development