GitHub is being integrated into Microsoft’s CoreAI organization after CEO Thomas Dohmke announced his departure.
Microsoft will absorb GitHub into its CoreAI organization. The integration follows CEO Thomas Dohmke’s announcement of his departure. The CEO will remain until the end of 2025 to oversee the transition.
Dohmke informs employees in an internal message that GitHub will continue its mission within Microsoft’s CoreAI group. This reorganization is part of Microsoft’s broader strategy to consolidate AI development and integration within the company. Further details on GitHub’s precise role within CoreAI will follow later.
Whether the integration will be well-received by all users is uncertain. Microsoft acquired GitHub in 2018, bringing the popular code platform within the open-source community under Redmond’s control. Since the acquisition, GitHub’s independence has declined. Microsoft integrated the platform with its own services and used it to train and offer AI code tools. Due to this synergy, GitHub is now part of the CoreAI division.
Strong Growth with AI Focus
Dohmke became CEO of GitHub in 2021, having previously contributed to the acquisition. Under his leadership, GitHub experienced significant growth in AI functionality, with GitHub Copilot being the most notable example. This AI assistant for software development now has over twenty million users. GitHub Actions, the company’s CI platform, processes three billion minutes of workloads per month, an increase of 64 percent compared to last year.
According to Dohmke, GitHub is stronger than ever today, with more than 150 million developers and over a billion repositories and forks. AI is a passion of Microsoft, and the number of open-source projects with AI components doubled last year, which seems to count as an important benchmark.
Dohmke is leaving to start a new startup. In his farewell message, he emphasizes that the integration into CoreAI should help GitHub take the next step in AI-driven software development.