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GitHub

The largest code-hosting and software collaboration platform, launched in 2008 and owned by Microsoft since a $7.5B acquisition that closed in October 2018.

Developer toolsSan Francisco, California, USAFounded 2008Founders: Tom Preston-Werner, Chris Wanstrath, PJ Hyett, Scott ChaconAcquiredWebsite โ†—
Last verified Oct 26, 2018

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Valuation
$7.5B
As of Oct 26, 2018Wikipedia

Company Snapshot

GitHub is a Developer tools company, based in San Francisco, California, USA, founded 2008 by Tom Preston-Werner, Chris Wanstrath, PJ Hyett, Scott Chacon. Latest valuation $7.5B (As of Oct 26, 2018, Wikipedia).

Recent changes

  1. Sep 21, 2026xAI Ships Grok 4.7, Instantly Live In GitHub Copilot Pulse story
  2. Jun 30, 2026GitHub Copilot's Usage-Based Billing Closes Its First Full Cycle โ€” and Enterprise Bills Are Landing 25-40% Higher Pulse story
  3. Oct 26, 2018First reported valuation: $7.5B Wikipedia

Latest Pulse

  1. xAI Ships Grok 4.7, Instantly Live In GitHub CopilotxAI released Grok 4.7, a 2.1-trillion-parameter reasoning model with a 500K-token context window priced at $2 per million input and $6 per million output tokens, deployed immediately across all GitHub Copilot plans.โ†’
  2. Microsoft Will Finally Disclose Azure's Actual RevenueMicrosoft will begin reporting Azure's dollar revenue for the first time starting fiscal 2027, collapsing three segments into two and stripping GitHub and Security Copilot out of the Azure number.โ†’
  3. Cursor Launches Origin to Take On GitHubCursor's maker Anysphere launched Origin, an AI-native code hosting platform built into the editor, the same week a major GitHub outage exposed how much of the AI coding stack leans on a single hosting layer.โ†’
  4. GitHub Copilot's Usage-Based Billing Closes Its First Full Cycle โ€” and Enterprise Bills Are Landing 25-40% HigherJune 30 marked the close of the first full billing month under GitHub Copilot's new usage-based pricing (launched June 1). Early enterprise reports show average bills 25-40% higher than the flat-fee equivalent, forcing engineering leaders to grapple with per-request AI cost governance for the first time.โ†’

Coverage Timeline

newest first
  1. Sep 21, 2026AIxAI Ships Grok 4.7, Instantly Live In GitHub Copilot$2/$6 per 1M tokensโ†’
  2. Sep 3, 2026BIG TECHMicrosoft Will Finally Disclose Azure's Actual Revenueโ†’
  3. Aug 17, 2026AICursor Launches Origin to Take On GitHubโ†’
  4. Jun 30, 2026AIGitHub Copilot's Usage-Based Billing Closes Its First Full Cycle โ€” and Enterprise Bills Are Landing 25-40% Higher25-40% bill hikeโ†’

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xAI Ships Grok 4.7, Instantly Live In GitHub Copilot

xAI Ships Grok 4.7, Instantly Live In GitHub Copilot logo
AI$2/$6 per 1M tokens

xAI Ships Grok 4.7, Instantly Live In GitHub Copilot

xAI released Grok 4.7, a 2.1-trillion-parameter reasoning model with a 500K-token context window priced at $2 per million input and $6 per million output tokens, deployed immediately across all GitHub Copilot plans.

DEEP DIVE
BIG TECH

Microsoft Will Finally Disclose Azure's Actual Revenue

Illustration for: Microsoft Will Finally Disclose Azure's Actual Revenue
BIG TECH

Microsoft Will Finally Disclose Azure's Actual Revenue

Microsoft will begin reporting Azure's dollar revenue for the first time starting fiscal 2027, collapsing three segments into two and stripping GitHub and Security Copilot out of the Azure number.

DEEP DIVE
AI

Cursor Launches Origin to Take On GitHub

Illustration for: Cursor Launches Origin to Take On GitHub
AI

Cursor Launches Origin to Take On GitHub

Cursor's maker Anysphere launched Origin, an AI-native code hosting platform built into the editor, the same week a major GitHub outage exposed how much of the AI coding stack leans on a single hosting layer.

DEEP DIVE
AI

GitHub Copilot's Usage-Based Billing Closes Its First Full Cycle โ€” and Enterprise Bills Are Landing 25-40% Higher

Illustration for: GitHub Copilot's Usage-Based Billing Closes Its First Full Cycle โ€” and Enterprise Bills Are Landing 25-40% Higher
AI25-40% bill hike

GitHub Copilot's Usage-Based Billing Closes Its First Full Cycle โ€” and Enterprise Bills Are Landing 25-40% Higher

June 30 marked the close of the first full billing month under GitHub Copilot's new usage-based pricing (launched June 1). Early enterprise reports show average bills 25-40% higher than the flat-fee equivalent, forcing engineering leaders to grapple with per-request AI cost governance for the first time.

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