GitHub CEO on the AI Coding Arms Race: One Agent, 150M+ Devs
AI and I28 Touko 2025

GitHub CEO on the AI Coding Arms Race: One Agent, 150M+ Devs

GitHub Copilot has 15 million users—more than Cursor and Windsurf combined. So why does it feel like they're losing the AI coding race?


Last week at Microsoft Build, I interviewed the CEO of GitHub Thomas Dohmke to find out.


I wanted to know: Is their huge existing user base a blessing or a curse? And will their latest launch—an autonomous coding agent built into GitHub—let them retake the lead? Watch this episode of AI & I to find out


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Timestamps:

Introduction (00:00:38)

  • Copilot’s place in the AI coding agent race (00:07:40)

  • Inside the product decisions behind Copilot’s new agent (00:10:42)

  • How Dohmke thinks about shaping Copilot’s personality (00:16:18)

  • How GitHub supports both AI-native developers and legacy enterprise users (00:20:29)

Dohmke’s predictions for the future of software development (00:26:57)

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