Abstract
This case tells the story of Microsoft’s 2018 acquisition of GitHub and the subsequent launch of GitHub Copilot, a tool that uses generative artificial intelligence to suggest snippets of code to software developers in real time. Set in late 2021, when Copilot was still in beta, the case asks how Microsoft and GitHub should roll out Copilot to the public.
Full Citation
Nagle, Frank, Shane Greenstein, Maria Roche, Nataliya Wright, and Sarah Mehta.
Copilot(s): Generative AI at Microsoft and GitHub.
Harvard Business School Case 624-010,
2023.