AI coding surge fuels GitHub's best month ever

GitHub said June was its "best month ever" after a jump in customer usage of Copilot, its AI coding tool. Chief Technology Officer Vladimir Fedorov told employees he would not "talk about the numbers" because the company's financial quarter is coming to a close.

On June 1, GitHub switched Copilot billing to usage-based pricing instead of a flat per-user rate. The change aligns the service with rivals that charge by consumption, including Cursor, OpenAI's Codex, and Anthropic's Claude Code.

Microsoft acquired GitHub in 2018, and engineers commonly use the platform to store and manage code and collaborate on projects. The service held an early lead but has faced growing competition; an internal meeting late last year included discussion of overhauling GitHub to better compete with those newer tools.

Higher demand also strained the platform. Increased usage led to dozens of major outages in 2026, and Microsoft is now turning to Amazon to help address capacity issues after those outages.

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