GitHub Next
GitHub Next investigates the future of software development. The team explores possibilities beyond the adjacent possible, prototypes tools and technologies that will change software development craft, and identifies new approaches to building healthy, productive software engineering teams.
Founding Story
GitHub Next is a research and development team within GitHub (which is owned by Microsoft). The team was established as an incubation group to explore strategic technology bets and future possibilities for software development. Notable projects incubated by GitHub Next include GitHub Copilot, which was developed by the team and later graduated to become a full GitHub product.
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Leadership
Executive Team
Idan Gazit
Senior Director of Research / Head of GitHub Next
Early member of GitHub Next who leads the Developer Experience research team. Hybrid designer and developer with background spanning front-end, back-end, and design. Previously worked at Heroku and is Django Project Core alumni. Focuses on exploring strategic technologies and incubating long-term bets for GitHub.
Jonathan Carter
Head of GitHub Next / Technical Advisor to CEO
Led the development of Copilot Workspace and heads GitHub's software R&D team. Focuses on reducing friction in developer workflows and expanding developer tools to broader audiences. Known as @LostInTangent on GitHub.
Business Model
Revenue Model
GitHub Next is a research and development division within GitHub (Microsoft subsidiary). It does not operate as a separate revenue-generating entity. Products developed by GitHub Next are either integrated into GitHub's existing subscription and service offerings (like GitHub Copilot, which is part of GitHub's paid plans) or released as open-source tools and experiments.
Target Markets
- Software developers and engineers
- AI researchers and machine learning practitioners
- Open source contributors
- Individual developers and hobbyists
- Enterprise development teams
- Students and educators
- AI-assisted software development and code completion
- Natural language to code generation
- Building micro apps and personal software tools
- Code documentation and explanation
- Pull request creation and review assistance
- Terminal command assistance
History & Milestones
Copilot Workspace launched as technical preview - an AI-powered development environment
GitHub Spark announced at GitHub Universe 2024 - AI-native tool for building micro apps with natural language
Multiple Copilot-related products launched: Copilot for Docs, Copilot for Pull Requests, Copilot Completions in CLI
Copilot Workspace unveiled at GitHub Universe 2023 as early glimpse of future development environment
Monaspace fonts released - innovative superfamily of fonts for code
1 AI Tool by GitHub Next
Agentic development environment built to handle everyday development tasks autonomously.
