Atlassian has continued its AI spending spree with a $1 billion takeover of developer analysis biz DX, a move it promised would give devs "less friction and more flow."

Utah-based DX has made a specialty of monitoring developers' work to iron out kinks in the coding workflow and has over 300 customers, many of them overlapping with Atlassian's client base. According to Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes, the merger will give dev managers more insight into how coders can be made more productive, especially as AI coding tools come onto the scene.

In the last five years, DX has proven adept at tracking how developers are managing workflow and has made AI a particular focus. The company posits that while AI subscriptions help coders, they can also cost a colossal amount when added up on the b

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