GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke will leave his position at the end of the year. He joined the developer platform from Microsoft in 2021.

Thomas Dohmke is calling it quits as GitHub’s CEO after nearly four years at the helm, marking a significant shift in how Microsoft manages one of its most valuable acquisitions. The departure signals Microsoft’s push to bring GitHub even closer to its artificial intelligence ambitions.

(Reuters) -GitHub Chief Executive Thomas Dohmke said on Monday he will leave the Microsoft-owned code-hosting platform to launch a new startup, capping a tenure that included a major push into artificial intelligence through the company's Copilot products.