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

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