How Mercedes Benz uses Cognition
eight days
“cut modernization time down from an estimated eight months to eight days”
As published on cognition.com, April 2026. Checked by usedby on Oct 9, 2026.
What happened
Mercedes-Benz deploys Devin, Windsurf and Devin for Terminal across its global R&D and IT engineering teams for software development, asynchronous engineering workflows and complex engineering tasks, including analyzing legacy COBOL code for modernization.
Summary written by usedby from the source page, in English. The figures are those of Cognition and Mercedes Benz, not ours.
- 200,000 lines“Devin analyzed over 200,000 lines of COBOL code”
- four-week“In an initial four-week pilot, both Devin and Windsurf demonstrated significant productivity gains.”
In an initial four-week pilot, both Devin and Windsurf demonstrated significant productivity gains. For example, Devin analyzed over 200,000 lines of COBOL code and cut modernization time down from an estimated eight months to eight days.
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