Thomas Dohmke ceases to be Github CEO and the platform will be integrated into the Microsoft Koreai team

Only a few days ago, Thomas Dohmke, at the head of Github, launched a direct notice to the developers: Who will not hug artificial intelligence should be thinking of changing course. What nobody imagined is that, so shortly after, it would be he who announced his departure, scheduled before the end of the year.

Microsoft, owner of Github since 2018he has taken the opportunity to confirm that he will not name a new CEO. Instead, the world’s most popular development platform will stop operating independently for become progressively integrated into the Koreai team of Redmond’s.

Closure of a stage

Dohmke has been almost four years in front of Github, a period in which the company has consolidated its position as Referent for millions of developers. With his departure, he plans to found a new startup and explore other projects far from both Microsoft and Github.

The purchase of Github by Microsoft, for 7.5 billion dollars in 2018, was accompanied by the promise of maintaining some operational independence. However, the decision to integrate the company in Koreai marks the end of that stage. As Microsoft explained, Change is part of a greater restructuring that will affect its development division.

What is Koreai and who is in front

Once Dohmke leaves the position, the entire github management team will report directly to the engineering group Microsoft Koreai. This department is led by Jay Parikhformer finish manager, and groups Microsoft’s platform and tools divisions, in addition to the equipment of Dev div.

Koreai focuses on the Development of artificial intelligence solutionsboth for internal use and for products and services for customers. The integration of Github into this group reinforces Microsoft’s strategy to bet on AI as a central axis of its technological offer.

Since the acquisition by Microsoft, Github has already lived important changes in its dome. In 2021, Nat Friedmanhis original CEO, left the position and Dohmke assumed the direction. Until early this year, Dohmke reported Julia Liusonresponsible for the Microsoft developer division. It was then, with the creation of Koreai, when Liuson became directly dependent on Parikh, which already advanced a deeper reorganization.

Farewell Message

In an internal publication that was later shared in Github’s official blog, Dohmke thanked his team’s work and confirmed that he will remain linked to the company until the end of 2025 to facilitate the transition. “Github and his leadership team will continue with their mission as part of the Microsoft Koreai organization, and there will be more details later”he explained. He also pointed out that he leaves the position “With a deep sense of pride for everything we have built as an organization ‘Remote-First’ distributed throughout the world”.

An integration with a lot of background

The decision not to look for a new CEO and to incorporate Github into the Microsoft artificial intelligence development core is a significant step. Not only Change the internal structure of the companybut reflects the weight that AI has won on the Microsoft roadmap and in the future evolution of Github.

In practice, the most visible changes will arrive in the coming months, when Koreai begins to apply its strategy and resources to the platform. For developers, this could be translated into new tools promoted by AI, a greater integration with Microsoft services and, possibly, changes in the way in which Github functions are offered and updated.