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Reviewed and published by trentmaziarz, March 23, 2026. Discovered and drafted by our automated research pipeline.
All of OverDrive's engineering, product, and development staff use AI tools as part of their daily work. These include tools for writing and reviewing code, summarizing meetings, analyzing data, and creating design assets. CEO Steve Potash confirmed this in 2024.
Details
In an August 2024 interview, Potash stated that 100% of OverDrive's engineering and product teams had adopted AI tools internally. Named tools include GitHub Copilot for code generation; Salesforce Einstein AI for analyzing circulation and collection trends; Amazon Bedrock for building internal generative AI applications; Amazon QuickSight Q for business data analysis; Zoom AI Companion for meeting transcription and summaries; and Adobe Firefly, Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT 4, and DALL·E for design and analytics tasks. This represents a comprehensive internal adoption strategy spanning code, communications, data, and visual design.
Products affected
LibbySoraOverDrive Marketplace
Sources & Evidence
Other practices by OverDrive, Inc.
OtherIn March 2026, OverDrive hired Marc DeBevoise as its new president. DeBevoise previously led AI-driven product development at a video technology company, and his appointment signals a continued strategic focus on expanding AI across OverDrive's products.OtherOverDrive filed a federal lawsuit against OpenAI in 2025, arguing that OpenAI's use of the name "Sora" for its AI video generator causes harmful confusion with OverDrive's Sora student reading app, which has served K-12 schools since 2018.OtherOverDrive published a formal policy in 2025 laying out how the company intends to use AI responsibly across its products. The policy covers privacy, environmental impact, intellectual property, and what uses of AI the company permits and prohibits.
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