The Evolution of Copilot: From Pair Programmer to Collaborative Peer

This week on No Priors, Sarah and Elad talk with GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke about the rise of AI-powered software development and the success of Copilot. They discuss how Copilot is reshaping the developer workflow, GitHub’s new Agent Mode, and competition in the developer tooling market. They also explore how AI-driven coding impacts software pricing, the future of open source vs. proprietary APIs, and what Copilot’s success means for Microsoft. Plus, Thomas shares insights from his journey growing up in East Berlin and navigating rapidly changing worlds.

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Show Notes:

0:00 Introduction

0:37 GitHub Copilot’s capabilities

4:12 Will agents replace developers?

6:04 Copilot’s development cycle

8:34 Winning the developer market

10:40 Agent mode

13:25 Where GitHub is headed

16:45 Building for the new challenges of AI

21:50 Dev tools market formation

29:56 Copilot’s broader impact

32:17 How AI changes software pricing

39:16 Open source vs. proprietary APIs

48:01 Growing up in East Berlin