GitHub Copilot Surpasses 15 mn Users

GitHub Copilot has surpassed 15 million users, growing 4X year-on-year, it was revealed during Microsoft's earnings.

The number shows developers and enterprises continue to trust GitHub Copilot despite the emergence of newer tools such as Devin, Cursor, etc.

"This momentum was made possible by the dedication of our employees, VS Code and GitHub teams being committed to rapidly evolving our product with sustained velocity. Year to date, we've posted 85 changelogs for GitHub Copilot, from MCP support to bring your own key or next edit suggestions – and we’re not stopping there," GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke said in a LinkedIn post.

GitHub Copilot recently introduced Agent Mode with support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), now available to all Visual Studio Code users. This new capability is designed to deliver more proactive, context-aware coding assistance.

This builds on other Copilot agents like Autofix—which helps developers address security vulnerabilities—and the code review agent, which has already reviewed more than 8 million pull requests.

Agent Mode marks a shift away from traditional reactive code completion and multi-file editing, moving toward a more action-oriented model. It interprets user intent and autonomously executes subtasks to help achieve the desired outcome—suggesting that Microsoft is finally leaning into the idea of "vibe coding."

"What started as the first AI pair programmer is soon evolving into a SWE agent, embedded right where your code lives – and with it, GitHub itself will become not only the home of your repos, but also for your agents," Dohmke added.