When Microsoft bought Github back in 2018, the idea was simple: put the world’s largest developer platform under the wing of one of the biggest players of Tech. Seven years later, this partnership is entering a new chapter, and losing an familiar face in this process.
Thomas Dohmke, who took over as the CEO of Githib in late 2021, has announced that he is stepping down. In his time in his time, Dohmke helped Github navigate its most transformative years, especially with the launch and rapid adoption of Github Copilot, AI-run coding accessory which is now used by millions of developers.
AI leadership changes
Instead of appointing a new Github CEO, Microsoft is pulling the wire from a different angle. The company’s newly formed Corai team will now lead the AI initiative in the wide developer ecosystem of Github, Azure and Microsoft. This step converts Github’s AI leadership into Microsoft’s central AI division, tightens integration and puts a strong venture spin on its AI offerings.
Coreai will be responsible for running development on Copilot, increasing its abilities and finding AI a more embedded part of coding workflow. The goal is obvious: streamlined the innovation, eliminate the silos, and insert the AI ecosystem of the Microsoft under a coordinated roof.
What does it mean to developers
For developers, short -term experience cannot change much. Github will still run as a Go-to-Reportary hosting service, and Copilot will continue to develop. But in the long run, strict microsoft oversight can mean rapidly with AI feature rollouts and cloud services of Azure.
This step also reflects AI’s widespread push of Microsoft to make AI a central column of its products, from office to Windows from its developer tools. By putting Coreai on the driver’s seat, the microsoft is betting that the future of coding will be even more AI-ASSISTED, streamlined and enterprise.
A chapter closes for Github leadership, but for Microsoft’s AI ambitions, the story is still beginning.
