Valeo rolls out Gemini to its 100,000 employees and reports over 35% of its code is AI-generated

The problem

Valeo, a global automotive technology supplier, wanted to raise productivity and speed up research and development across its whole workforce. Software is a growing part of the modern vehicle, so faster engineering matters to its customers.

What they built

Valeo is deploying Gemini for Workspace, Google's AI assistant built into its office and collaboration tools, to all 100,000 employees. Earlier it integrated Gemini Code Assist, an AI tool that suggests and writes code for developers. It is also building early AI agents, programs that carry out multi-step tasks, using Google Cloud's agent platform.

How they did it

Gemini is Valeo's chosen language model. The company says the AI helps staff automate routine tasks, summarise documents and improve communication across sites. Valeo's early agents include a Software Testing Assistant that drafts test cases from the design phase, an assistant that reviews code and proposes fixes in the build pipeline, a System Requirements Assistant and a Product Validation Assistant. A skills development programme supports adoption. Valeo says a human stays in the loop for all processes. In 2023, Valeo, Google Cloud and Artefact supported an internal Valeo hackathon to find generative AI use cases.

Results

Valeo reports that more than 35% of its code is now generated by AI after the Gemini Code Assist integration. It also states that Gemini for Workspace is being deployed to its 100,000-person workforce. The company says it began exploring AI agents 18 months before the announcement and is now increasing its focus on them. The release gives no results for the agents yet.