The move comes as GitHub is facing growing competition from companies like Google and Cursor over AI tools for programmers.

GitHub Chief Executive Thomas Dohmke said on Monday he will leave the Microsoft-owned code-hosting platform to launch a new startup, capping a tenure that included a major push into artificial intelligence through the company's Copilot products.

GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke has announced he is resigning as CEO of the company as Microsoft begins to bring GitHub closer to its CoreAI team. Following the move, Microsoft will not appoint a new GitHub CEO and the company will no longer have a single leader, instead reporting more directly into its CoreAI division.