GitHub, owned by Microsoft, has announced its plans to introduce enterprises to the artificial intelligence assistant Copilot, which has the ability to explain and provide recommendations related to the source code instructions used by developers within companies.
Microsoft’s expected launch of this initiative may contribute to increasing revenues in the cloud business sector by fully leveraging the technology provided by its partner, OpenAI.
Microsoft was the first among major tech companies to launch programs to assist developers in completing lines of code when Copilot was released in 2021, based on the public code repository available on GitHub.
One experiment indicated that programmers who used the tool worked up to 55% faster. In December 2022, GitHub began selling a custom category for businesses for $19 per person per month.
Last month, Microsoft’s CEO, Satya Nadella, stated that the number of motivated users of GitHub Copilot had reached one million.
The enterprise subscription service supported by GitHub Copilot Enterprise is available at a monthly cost of $39 per person, and interested organizations can join the waiting list before its full release in February 2024.
License holders of GitHub Copilot Enterprise can select repositories to customize Copilot according to specific coding guidelines. They can also query Copilot on existing coding guidelines and suggest lines of code in development environments. Over time, Copilot learns how to summarize code guideline changes.
Copilot programming assistant is expected to provide comprehensive insights at different times of the day into various languages and frameworks. However, this system is still new in the market, with less than 10% of enterprises using this system, according to the research firm Gartner.
Gartner recommended that research clients evaluate productivity improvements from programming assistants, rather than relying solely on software companies’ claims.
Gartner stated that the assistants made mistakes and raised concerns among security executives. GitHub, in turn, suggests that developers conduct tests, reviews, and verify the code recommended by Copilot.
Analysts estimate that GitHub Copilot’s revenues could reach around $3 billion by 2026, provided that 16% of GitHub’s 100 million users use the program.
