Zoho's Sridhar Vembu to engineers: use AI, but do not hand over understanding

Sep 22, 2026 · Issue 8 · 3 sources, 3 articles

On 22 September, Zoho's founder told engineers they can use AI but must not hand understanding over to it. In his view, coding knowledge should not be left to AI.

Who is affected and how

tech lead

Set a team-level rule that the author understands and can defend AI-generated code.

junior developer

Learn to explain code written by AI.

Narrative: The developer will be an agent conductor, not a coder

Sources

• Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu to engineers: Use AI but never ... | - The Times of Indiatimesofindia.indiatimes.com · Sep 22, 2026
• Zoho Founder Sridhar Vembu Raises Concern Over Growing Dependence On AI For Codingndtv.com · Sep 22, 2026
• Sridhar Vembu warns engineers: Don't feed AI coding knowledgetheprint.in · Sep 22, 2026

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