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Grab says AI cut product shipping time by more than 30%, raises full-year forecast

8/4/2026

Product iteration speed is the compounding variable in consumer software.

The elapsed time between a product decision and a live deployment accumulates in code review queues and testing backlogs, and raw engineering headcount rarely solves either.

Grab's chief financial officer said Tuesday that AI has cut that cycle by more than 30% at the company, a figure disclosed alongside second-quarter results and a raised full-year forecast.

Where the time comes from In software delivery, the gap between a decision and a deployed product is rarely what it appears on a project schedule.