Microsoft-owned developer platform GitHub has onboarded an additional 2.2 million developers in India, bringing the total number of Indian developers to 15.4 million. The developer community in India on GitHub is projected to surpass that of the United States, which currently stands at 21 million, by 2027. GitHub Copilot has 1.8 million paid subscribers and has been embraced by over 50,000 firms globally, including Autodesk, Dell, and Goldman Sachs. In India, GitHub counts Cognizant, Infosys, MakeMyTrip, and Paytm among its top customers. Regulations like GDPR are upholding data privacy and have significant implications on how AI systems process personal data.
GitHub: While Dohmke is upbeat about the Indian software market, many analysts believe AI will pose challenges to Indian IT giants as businesses automate tasks that Indian companies have traditionally performed.