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GitHub Copilot
GitHub's AI coding assistant and coding agent.
Company profile
GitHub Copilot is an AI programming assistant developed by GitHub and OpenAI, sold by subscription to individual developers and businesses. Wikipedia
It autocompletes code in Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, Neovim, Eclipse and JetBrains development environments, and lets users choose the large language model used for generation. Wikipedia
- Founded
- 2021
- Founders
- Not publicly reported
- Headquarters
- Not publicly reported
- Chief executive
- Not publicly reported
- Employees
- Not publicly reported
- Ownership
- Not publicly reported
- Total funding
- Not publicly reported
- Latest funding round
- Not publicly reported
- Valuation
- Not publicly reported
- Revenue
- Not publicly reported
Drawn from Wikidata, Wikipedia, the company's own site and news and web sources; each figure links to its source. Researched Oct 19, 2026.
Latest news
GitHub Copilot Retires 6 Models, Shifts to GPT-5.6 [2026]
Benchmark Cursor vs GitHub Copilot: 12 Steps, 90 Min [2026]
GitHub Copilot Is Retiring Three More Models on November 16 — Check Your Pinned Configs — Paktechstan
GitHub Copilot will retire three models November 16 — map every pinned workflow now
GitHub Copilot Sandboxing Goes GA in VS Code 1.141 [2026]
Microsoft Build 2026 Day 2 LIVE | GitHub Copilot, VS Code, Foundry & Community Sessions Festa Della Mamma 2026 (0s5RRMUbxm)
GitHub Copilot vs Cursor: AI Coding Tools Race 2026
Aoki Infostealer Expands Attacks to Claude, Codex, Cursor and GitHub Copilot
GitHub Copilot Adds Gemini 4 Argon for Complex Coding
Gemini 4 Argon reaches GitHub Copilot with usage-based pricing
Six GitHub Copilot models retire October 19: the migration map
GitHub Copilot Remote Control Reaches General Availability on Web and Mobile
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GitHub Copilot remote control now generally available
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