GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke is Set to Step Down, Microsoft's AI Division Faces Intense Competition
GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke has announced his departure at the end of the year, returning to his role as a founder. He joined Microsoft when HockeyApp was acquired in 2015 and became CEO of GitHub in 2021. GitHub currently has over 150 million registered developers, and Copilot has reached 20 million users, but it faces intense competition from AI coding tools like Cursor. Microsoft recently established the CoreAI division to integrate GitHub operations, and Dohmke stated that the team will continue to operate within this division. His departure comes at a critical time for GitHub.