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GitHub Copilot
AI Market Atlas · by Pro Pluribus
Microsoft
The most widely deployed coding assistant, now multi-agent.
What it offers
Main offerings
- Agent mode · coding agent
- Assign an issue and get a pull request back.
- Agent HQ
- Run Claude, Codex and other agents side by side.
- Copilot CLI · desktop app
- Desktop app generally available since June.
Recent news
- Copilot to deprecate Claude Opus 4.8, Opus 5 and GPT-5.6 Terra in mid-NovemberModel churn is fast; enterprise admins must keep model policies current.GitHub Changelog ↗
- GPT-6.1 Sol generally available in GitHub CopilotCopilot ships frontier models within days of release (Sonnet 5.5 arrived 28 Sep).GitHub Changelog ↗
- GitHub launches Copilot app, a desktop command center for agentsGitHub moves beyond editor plugins into multi-agent orchestration, matching Cursor, Codex and Devin DesktopGitHub Blog ↗
- Copilot SDK goes GA in six languages; monthly commits reach 1.4BCopilot's agent runtime is now a platform third parties can build onGitHub Blog ↗
- GitHub Copilot's move to usage-based billing angers developersAI Credits replace request billing from June 1, which raises costs for heavy agent usersVisual Studio Magazine ↗
- Copilot coding agent now starts work 50% fasterFaster startup narrows the gap with standalone async agentsGitHub Changelog ↗
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