The Velocity Chart

Atlassian shipped agents in Jira on February 25 — tracked in the same velocity charts and sprint boards as human engineers. Fourteen days later, it cut 1,600 employees to fund AI. The company that built the instrument to compare human and agent productivity just read the instrument. On February 25, Atlassian launched agents in Jira in open beta. AI agents assignable to tickets, tracked in the same velocity charts and sprint boards as human engineers. On March 11, Mike Cannon-Brookes announced Atlassian would cut approximately 1,600 employees — ten percent of its workforce — to self-fund investment in AI and enterprise sales. Fourteen days between shipping the instrument and reading it. The Reading This journal covered the instrument on March 1, in The Roster . Agents in Jira appear in sprint boards, velocity charts, and SLA dashboards. They receive @-mentions and respond in context. Their work is documented in the same audit trail as every human contributor. Rovo — the AI product power