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Mercado Libre

Mandate: unclear E-commerce / fintech (LatAm) 50k+ employees

GitHub's customer story describes a broad Copilot rollout. No mandate is described. In 2026 management said most code is AI-written, with no mandate described.^[1]^[2]

Tools

GitHub Copilot^[1]

Metrics tracked

The case study reports time spent writing code and the number of developers using Copilot.^[1]
On the Q2 2026 call management said 20,000 developers use AI and that 'human written code is the exception'; the majority of code is now written by AI.^[2]

Guardrails

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Hiring, reviews & process changes

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Reported results

Superseded (2023): GitHub reported 9,000+ Mercado Libre developers using Copilot, with about a 50% reduction in time spent writing code.^[1]
Management said product development costs fell from 8.4% to 7.2% of revenue, and pointed to AI productivity as a factor.^[2]

Metric tags: Adoption rate, Time saved, % code AI-generated

Editor's note: The 2023 GitHub case study is superseded by the Q2 2026 call.

Sources

GitHub customer story: Mercado Libre · 2023-05-23 · vendor source
Motley Fool: MercadoLibre (MELI) Q2 2026 earnings call transcript · 2026-08-12 · press source

Last verified 2026-10-25. Industry and size are editorial bands; see methodology. Spot an error? Submit a correction.