Qodo Partners with Google Cloud to Give Developers Free AI Code Review Tools

As AI takes on more and more of the coding task, developers and companies are looking for ways to maintain oversight. Qodo (formerly Codium in 2024) believes AI-generated code must be reviewed as thoroughly as human-written code. 

CEO Itamar Friedman explained the shift: “As AI becomes the central force in coding, tools must evolve to review and validate it.” Qodo's tools are now part of Google Cloud's ecosystem, which gives developers, especially open-source maintainers, access to AI power.

A modular AI platform for modern developers

Qodo has built a series of task-specific AI tools to improve different parts of the software development lifecycle. These include tools for test generation, code review, and code search.

In early 2025, Qodo released Qodo-Embed-1-1.5B, a lightweight open-source code embedding model that topped industry benchmarks. It helps developers find and understand code snippets across large codebases. 

Another product, Qodo Cover, released in late 2024, uses AI to run regression tests automatically, so new changes don’t break existing software. Unlike many others building all-in-one AI tools, Qodo’s approach is modular. 

Developers may implement particular components, such as context agents or embeddings, into their systems through APIs or command-line tools. This is attractive to large enterprises with complex workflows. Qodo’s tools are already in use by tech giants like NVIDIA and Intuit, where they are embedded in production pipelines and AI workflows.

Free code review for open-source maintainers

Qodo Merge is an AI-powered code review tool that uses Google’s Gemini models to detect bugs, structural issues, and non-compliance with best practices.

Thanks to the partnership, Qodo Merge will now be free for open-source software maintainers. This is to support the quality of community-driven projects, many of which are the foundation for broader commercial software development. By supporting open-source projects to be better, they are also supporting the overall software ecosystem. 

Integrated with Google Cloud and built for scale

The collaboration brings deep integration between Qodo’s tools and Google Cloud services. QodoEmbed is now listed in Vertex AI’s Model Garden, so you can deploy in cloud environments. 

Also, Qodo Gen, their AI assistant, has been upgraded with Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro model. This means more accurate, context-aware code suggestions and fully automated commit-and-review cycles are now a reality. Qodo is also part of the Google Cloud Startup Perks program.

Looking ahead: A neutral guardian for AI-generated code

As AI development takes off, Qodo is positioning itself as the validator and monitor of code, no matter where or how it’s written. Just like observability platforms monitor apps in production, Qodo wants to be the neutral system that ensures code quality in AI-driven environments.

With a partnership with Google Cloud, Qodo is making tools more accessible.

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