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Putting AI in the review loop can be safer than human-only review, as evidenced by Intercom achieving 5x PR approval speed and reduced revert rates.

Claire cites Intercom's results — 5x faster PR approval and lower revert rates — as evidence that AI-approved PRs can actually be safer than relying solely on human review. ✦ AI generated

Claire Vo · Lenny's Newsletter · 2026-08-05 · original ↗

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How Intercom 5x'd PR approval speed and reduced revert rates by putting AI in the review loop... How Intercom built AI-approved PRs (and proved they're safer).

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AI writing most of my code created a PR queue I couldn't keep up with, so the answer isn't reviewing every AI-generated PR but routing them through an agent that scores risk, auto-approves the low-risk ones, and escalates the rest.Claire Vo · Lenny's Newsletter · conf 80%

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supports → You don't have to review every AI-generated PR because most are low-risk reversible changes that can be safely auto-approved.Claire Vo · Lenny's Newsletter