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GitHub (Microsoft Corporation)

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Raised Public Company (Microsoft acquired GitHub for $7.5B in 2018) at Part of Microsoft (~$3T market cap) valuation

Founded 2008San Francisco, California, USA5000+ employees

About GitHub (Microsoft Corporation)

GitHub is the world's largest source code hosting platform, owned by Microsoft. GitHub Copilot is an AI pair programmer developed by GitHub and OpenAI, integrated into popular IDEs. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, GitHub (Microsoft Corporation) has raised a total of Public Company (Microsoft acquired GitHub for $7.5B in 2018) in funding and is currently at the Public stage. Notable investors include Microsoft, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Thrive Capital.

Key Metrics

Total Funding
Public Company (Microsoft acquired GitHub for $7.5B in 2018)
Founded
2008
Team Size
5000+
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, USA
Valuation
Part of Microsoft (~$3T market cap)
Stage
Public

Founders

Tom Preston-Werner

Co-Founder, former CEO

Chris Wanstrath

Co-Founder, former CEO

PJ Hyett

Co-Founder

Scott Chacon

Co-Founder

Funding Rounds

RoundDateAmountInvestors
Acquisition by MicrosoftOct 2018$7.5B
Microsoft

Investors

MicrosoftAndreessen HorowitzSequoia CapitalThrive Capital

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