We sat down with Kris Kang, Head of Product at JetBrains, to explore how the team is using OpenAI models to change how developers build—not to replace what they do, but to raise the ceiling.

“+15M developers use JetBrains—and now we’re bringing OpenAI into that workflow” Kang tells us that. The shift isn’t just about automation; it’s also about empowerment. It’s about protecting a dev’s flow, reducing repetitive work, and letting engineers focus on design, architecture, and judgment—the skills that give you longer leverage with AI.

Externally, JetBrains customers can choose GPT‑5 in Junie, the company’s coding agent, and in AI Assistant (for chat assistance).

Engineers are already delegating real tasks to agents—and seeing them completed. “I assign increasingly difficult tasks to an agent, backed by GPT‑5—and to my surprise, many of the tasks are completed successfully” says Kang.