Goldman Sachs pulls AI coding tools such as Claude Code and Copilot from traders and bankers, limiting them to engineers
The Decoder reported on 2 November, citing Bloomberg, that Goldman Sachs has cut most employees off from advanced AI coding tools such as Anthropic’s Claude Code and GitHub Copilot under internal guidelines from October, leaving access to engineers only. A spokesperson cited factors including productivity and risk management and said the experimentation phase is over.
According to the report, traders and bankers had spent months using the tools to monitor trading flows and create content, and the rollback is causing frustration inside the firm. In July, Goldman CIO Marco Argenti had praised “vibe coding” by non-technical staff in an interview: someone in trading or asset management would build a quick prototype with AI and hand it to an engineer to scale for production.
Goldman spokesperson Nick Carcaterra told Bloomberg the decision reflects a variety of factors including productivity and risk management, that the experimentation phase is over, and that the firm is limiting the tools to the people “who are best suited to leverage them for the long term.” The report does not say how many employees are affected or whether other AI tools are restricted.