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# Cognition and McKinsey form an alliance to help enterprises prove the value of AI in software engineering

CognitionNovember 12, 20263 min read

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Cognition has formed an alliance with [McKinsey & Company](https://www.mckinsey.com/) to help enterprises get measurable business value from AI in software engineering. Devin takes on the engineering work. McKinsey helps clients pick the projects that matter most, set a baseline for cost, speed, and quality, and change how their teams work so finished projects show up in the business results.

### Why AI results vary so much

Most software teams already use AI, but the results are uneven. In [McKinsey’s Q2 2026 survey of 334 product and engineering leaders](https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/technology-media-and-telecommunications/our-insights/beyond-the-copilot-scaling-the-agentic-product-development-life-cycle), the top quarter of organizations reported productivity gains of more than 2x, while 30 percent reported flat or declining productivity. What separates the two groups is increasingly whether a company has redesigned how its engineering organization works around AI.

### What each side brings

Devin works across multiple engineering projects at once, connected to the systems and security processes a company already uses, and brings the work back to engineers for review. Engineers set direction, solve the hardest problems, and decide what ships. Devin is model-agnostic, so it matches different models to different kinds of work. Enterprises get frontier performance for up to 60% less and can adopt new models as they improve. Cognition already works with six of the eight US global systemically important banks (G-SIBs) and three of the six top US health insurers.

McKinsey has helped more than 50 companies rewire for AI-powered software development. The firm brings a playbook for redesigning operating models, team structures, talent, and technology, along with training and hands-on coaching for everyone from individual engineers to senior executives. [McKinsey’s Rewired research](https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/themes/rewired-2-point-0-how-leading-companies-are-still-winning-with-ai) found that across 20 leading transformations, companies that focused on one to three high-value domains such as software saw an average EBITDA uplift of about 20 percent and broke even within one to two years.

Our teams will work with clients from the first round of project selection through implementation and scaled adoption, so the added engineering capacity turns into finished projects and results leaders can measure.

> “We’re already working with regulated enterprises around the world to put Devin on engineering projects that matter to their businesses. They want to know what was done, what it would have cost without AI, and what completing the project makes possible. This is the right time to form an alliance with McKinsey. Together, we can help leaders put that added engineering capacity to work and connect it to measurable business outcomes and return on investment.” — Russell Kaplan, Co-founder and President, Cognition

> “Doubling software development productivity takes more than deploying AI agents. It requires fundamentally rethinking how work gets done. The winners will be those that transform their teams, roles, and operating models as boldly as they embrace the technology.” — Saptarshi Ganguly, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

### Comarch: a 20-year-old ERP on an 18-month timeline

Comarch, one of the most established technology companies in Central Europe, [is using Devin](https://devin.ai/customers/comarch) to modernize ERP XL, its 20-year-old ERP system, on an 18-month timeline. Comarch is also working with McKinsey to extend Devin across more of its engineering teams.

> “We couldn’t ask customers to wait five years for a modern ERP XL, so we set an 18-month goal. Devin is helping our engineers work through a 20-year-old system and get new functionality to customers sooner. McKinsey is helping us redesign how our teams work to embed Devin into engineering workflows, scale adoption, and measure business impact.” — Tomasz Stachlewski, CTO, Comarch

Organizations interested in deploying Devin at scale with McKinsey & Company can [contact Cognition’s enterprise team](https://devin.ai/contact) to learn more.