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GitHub was founded in 2008 as a platform for version control using Git, created by Tom Preston-Werner, Chris Wanstrath, PJ Hyett, and Scott Chacon. What began as a simple code hosting service evolved into the world's largest developer platform, enabling collaborative software development at unprecedented scale. The platform's transformation into an AI company began with the launch of GitHub Copilot in 2021, developed in partnership with OpenAI. Copilot was one of the first widely-adopted AI coding assistants, using large language models to suggest code completions, generate entire functions, and help developers write code more efficiently. GitHub Copilot represents a paradigm shift in software development, demonstrating how AI can augment human creativity and productivity. The tool has been adopted by millions of developers and organizations, with studies showing productivity improvements of up to 55% for common coding tasks. GitHub has continued to expand its AI offerings with Copilot Enterprise, Copilot Workspace, and integration with models beyond OpenAI. Under Microsoft's ownership, GitHub has also embraced open source through initiatives like GitHub Codespaces, GitHub Actions, and GitHub Advanced Security. The platform remains neutral and inclusive of all development tools and cloud providers, serving as the backbone of the modern software development ecosystem.
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SpaceX Acquires Cursor for $60 Billion in First Post-IPO Power Move
SpaceX is buying AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion in an all-stock deal, its first major acquisition since going public. The deal gives Elon Musk's company access to Cursor's 1 million-plus developers and a foothold in the fast-growing AI coding tools market.
Anthropic Claude Code Creator Manages Tens of Thousands of AI Agents at Once
Boris Cherny, creator of Claude Code at Anthropic, has not written a line of code by hand in eight months. Instead, he orchestrates fleets of AI agents — sometimes tens of thousands at once — that write, review, and even conceive new features autonomously.
The Tokenpocalypse Is Here: Copilot Bills Jump 25x as AI Pricing Reckoning Begins
GitHub Copilot's switch to token-based billing triggered bills jumping from $29 to $750 overnight for some developers. But the'Tokenpocalypse' is bigger than one product — it signals the end of VC-subsidized AI and a pricing reckoning that will reshape how every developer builds.
GitLab Cuts 14% of Staff in AI Pivot Despite Record 264 Million Revenue
GitLab is cutting 350 jobs and exiting 22 countries in a sweeping AI restructuring, even as the company reports $264 million in quarterly revenue with 23% growth. The move signals that even profitable dev-tool companies are reallocating resources toward AI-native features as agentic workloads reshape the developer landscape.
xAI Trained Its Coding Models on Claude Outputs for Months Before Getting Cut Off
Elon Musk's xAI spent months distilling Anthropic's Claude to train its own coding models, continuing through personal accounts even after Anthropic revoked official access in January 2026. The revelation, reported by The Information, raises fresh questions about model distillation and the data supply chain behind AI coding tools.
OpenAI Codex Chains Decade-Old DoS Attacks into New HTTP/2 Bomb Exploit
OpenAI Codex agent discovered a new denial-of-service attack by combining two decade-old techniques into an HTTP/2 Bomb that can crash vulnerable servers in seconds from a single home computer. Nearly 880,000 websites may be affected.
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