Securing AI-Assisted Software Development: Google + Apiiro

AI coding assistants like Gemini Code Assist are now part of the everyday developer toolkit. They accelerate progress in a way that still feels almost unbelievable—turning a rough prompt into working features in a matter of seconds. But in an enterprise environment, the measure of success isn’t just speed. Code that runs is not necessarily code that complies. And the accumulation of too many suggestions that ignore organizational guardrails or introduce  vulnerabilities can erode productivity gains and result in a tangle of rework and risk management.

As a matter of fact, in analyzing data from Fortune 50 enterprise repositories, Apiiro found that developers using AI coding assistants produced 3-4x more code than their peers, but they also introduced 10x the number of vulnerabilities. That surge in security debt puts undue pressure on application security teams, whose tools and workflows are not equipped to efficiently surface and remediate the scale of code issues being introduced.

This is where Apiiro comes in. By combining Google Gemini with Apiiro’s Agentic AppSec Platform and AutoFix Agent, organizations can non-disruptively connect AI-powered security and governance assistance directly to the workflows of their developers. Gemini continues to do what it does best—generate high-quality code suggestions in real time. Apiiro ensures those suggestions are grounded in the rules, constraints, and architectures that define how an enterprise can deliver secure software.

How it Works

When a developer turns to Gemini for help, Apiiro can be queried to enrich the assistant’s response with organization-specific context the underlying model couldn’t know on its own. Security policies are evaluated before advice is delivered. Vulnerabilities already present in the codebase are considered, alongside runtime data and active controls. Even ownership and architectural patterns shape the guidance. The outcome isn’t a generic best-practice suggestion, but a fix tightly aligned with how the enterprise actually builds and operates.

Apiiro’s Agentic AppSec Platform and AutoFix Agent extend Gemini with a live feed of enterprise-specific software intelligence. Every suggestion is enriched with:

• Code-to-Runtime context that ties vulnerabilities to the real systems they affect.
  
• Deep code analysis and the Apiiro Risk Graph to aggregate issues into risks and prioritize them.
  
• Security policies and governance rules that reflect the organization’s actual operating environment.

This means that when Gemini offers a fix, it doesn’t just work—it’s tuned to the architecture, policies, and ownership structures of the enterprise. The AutoFix Agent goes further, recommending remediations that are both technically correct and organizationally compliant.

Enterprise-Level Impact

For executives, the value of this integration is felt at multiple levels. Developers maintain their newfound high-powered velocity, but that velocity is automatically aligned with the boundaries of organizational policy—no added reviews, no extra steps. Costs come down because risks are addressed at the point of code creation instead of surfacing late in the lifecycle, where fixes are slower and more expensive. And because security, risk, and development teams are drawing from the same enriched context, oversight becomes less fragmented and communication involves less friction.

Rather than slowing down developers with yet another compliance checklist item, this is about giving them a way to keep moving quickly without drifting outside the lines that matter most to the business. Gemini remains the powerful assistant in the IDE. Apiiro ensures that every suggestion it makes can be trusted to fit within the enterprise’s security posture.

Why It Matters Now

The rise of AI-assisted coding has made productivity gains real—but it has also amplified risk in ways enterprises can’t ignore. Pairing Gemini with Apiiro doesn’t blunt that acceleration. It channels it. By combining Google’s AI-powered development with Apiiro’s architecture-aware security, enterprises get both velocity and control—without having to choose between the two.

Explore the Partnership

Google and Apiiro are working together to help enterprises embrace AI-assisted development without sacrificing security or compliance. To see how environment-aware fixes can change the way your teams build and ship software, request a demo.