AI & I

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:
00:00:38 - Introduction  
00:07:40 - Copilot’s place in the AI coding agent race  
00:10:42 - Inside the product decisions behind Copilot’s new agent  
00:16:18 - How Dohmke thinks about shaping Copilot’s personality  
00:20:29 - How GitHub supports both AI-native developers and legacy enterprise users  
00:26:57 - Dohmke’s predictions for the future of software development  



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Learn how the smartest people in the world are using AI to think, create, and relate. Each week I interview founders, filmmakers, writers, investors, and others about how they use AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Midjourney in their work and in their lives. We screen-share through their historical chats and then experiment with AI live on the show. Join us to discover how AI is changing how we think about our world—and ourselves.

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