New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong recently revealed that he fired engineers who refused to adopt AI coding tools, even after the crypto-exchange platform bought enterprise licenses for AI tools such as GitHub Copilot and Cursor.

Brian Armstrong appeared on the podcast Cheeky Pint with Stripe President John Collison on Wednesday. Speaking about AI usage at Coinbase, he said, "We're leaning as hard as we can."

The company has also set a strict one-week deadline to learn AI tools and direct CEO oversight for non-compliance, showing how seriously tech companies are taking AI adoption among their development teams.

Armstrong mandated the adoption of AI by asking his team to learn using the tools within a week.

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