SHIFT Partners with Cognition AI to lead AI software engineer “Devin” in Japan

Supporting Japanese companies in adopting AI-driven development based on a unique method for achieving high-quality, highly productive software development

SHIFT Inc., which supports customers in creating software services and products that sell, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Cognition AI, Inc., an American AI startup that provides the AI ​​software engineer service “Devin.”

SHIFT has established an innovative software development methodology that utilizes its proprietary system development framework “SHIFT DQS,” which achieves high quality and high productivity, and its AI software engineer “Devin,” and has built up a track record in AI-driven development. By entering into this strategic partnership with Cognition AI, SHIFT will further promote high-quality, efficient software development using Devin and the training of personnel capable of AI-driven development. Furthermore, the company aims to support the adoption of AI-driven development in Japanese companies, thereby improving productivity and accelerating technological innovation in development sites.

As a leading company in AI-driven development in Japan, SHIFT will continue to work with Cognition AI, a pioneer in AI software engineering, to contribute to the spread of AI-driven development and the development of the developer community in Japan.

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About AI Software Engineer “Devin”

Devin is an autonomous AI software engineer that can automatically execute a series of software development tasks and collaborate with engineering teams. Specifically, it operates at the same level as junior engineers and can be controlled through communication tools like Slack or Teams, project management tools like Jira, APIs (connectivity between applications), or a dedicated Devin interface. This AI is designed to help software engineers work more efficiently, enabling companies to develop products and new features faster and more reliably. Even those without technical expertise can use Devin as a powerful tool to streamline engineering tasks and smooth the development process.

Devin understands natural language user instructions, can autonomously complete tasks throughout the software development process, seamlessly integrates with key tools like Slack and GitHub, reports progress in real time, and is intelligent enough to automatically detect and fix errors.

Devin implementation and utilization record at SHIFT

SHIFT has dramatically improved the productivity of software development by establishing a unique development methodology that combines Devin with SHIFT DQS, a system development framework that achieves high quality and productivity. By advancing the process covered by SHIFT DQS, from requirements definition to integration testing, through repeated dialogue between development engineers and Devin, it has been shown that as of the end of August 2025, development efficiency could be improved by approximately 30 to 50% in multiple projects.

In the system testing and user acceptance testing processes that follow integration testing, we further improve test quality and productivity by utilizing a proprietary quality assurance framework specialized for AI systems and AI-based testing that utilizes the test design AI “TD AI Assistant.”

With this strategic partnership, we will leverage our accumulated know-how in utilizing Devin and introducing and establishing AI-driven development to support the introduction and establishment of AI-driven development in various development organizations, as well as promote development support.

SOURCE: PRTimes