GitHub

GitHub has announced that GitHub Copilot now has over 1.8 million paid subscribers, representing 400% growth since last year. The AI-powered coding assistant is being used by developers at 50,000+ organizations worldwide.

Enterprise Adoption Accelerates

The most significant growth comes from enterprise customers:

• Fortune 500 companies: 65% now use Copilot
• Average team size: 150+ developers per organization
• Retention rate: 92% after first year
• Expansion rate: Teams typically double usage within 6 months

Usage

GitHub has rolled out Copilot Chat to all Visual Studio Code users, bringing conversational AI directly into the development workflow. The feature allows developers to ask questions, debug code, and generate functions through natural language.

What's New

The chat interface appears as a sidebar panel in VS Code, enabling developers to:

• Ask coding questions in plain English
• Debug errors with contextual explanations
• Generate unit tests automatically
• Refactor code with AI suggestions

"Copilot Chat feels like having a senior developer sitting next to you. It understands your codebase context and provides surprisingly accurate suggestions."
- Sarah Chen, Senior Developer at Stripe