Archive · 12 Aug 2025
GitHub CEO Dohmke to Resign, Platform Moves to Core AI
The CEO of GitHub, Thomas Dohmke, is leaving his job at the end of 2025 to start his own business.
GitHub, which helps people work together on code, is owned by Microsoft.
Microsoft is also putting GitHub into its AI team, so it can be used for AI tools.
Dohmke helped develop GitHub's AI tools, like Copilot, which help programmers write code.
He will stay at GitHub until the end of the year to help the transition to new leadership.
GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke will step down at the end of 2025.
Dohmke is leaving to launch a new company.
GitHub will be integrated into Microsoft's Core AI division.
Julia Liuson will oversee GitHub's revenue, engineering, and support.
GitHub's chief product officer will report to Microsoft's head of AI platforms.
- Who
- Thomas Dohmke, CEO of GitHub.
- What
- Thomas Dohmke is resigning as GitHub CEO to launch a new company.
- When
- Dohmke will depart at the end of 2025.
- Where
- GitHub, a software development platform owned by Microsoft.
- Why
- Dohmke wants to become a founder again.
- Outgoing CEO
- Thomas Dohmke
- Departure Date
- End of 2025
- Reason for Leaving
- To become a founder
- New Structure
- Integrated into Microsoft's Core AI division
- Microsoft Acquisition Date
- 2018
- Platform users
- 150 million developers
Sources
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