AI is transforming Nepal’s workplaces. Its classrooms haven’t caught up

While Nepal’s software companies are retraining staff, rewriting job descriptions, and racing to stay competitive, top universities are still debating whether to let students use the tools at all.

Mamata Chaudhary has a new collaborator. The software developer at Lalitpur-based Cedar Gate Technologies now writes code alongside Amazon Q, an AI assistant built by Amazon Web Services for software development and data analysis. Cedar Gate purchased a license and rolled it out to its developers. The tool has changed how Mamata works — and, she admits, how she thinks.