Copilot Named a Gartner Leader in AI Coding for the Third Year Running
GitHub has been named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise AI Coding Agents for the third year in a row. Copilot serves 140K organizations and is growing 100% a year. Its competitive edge: support for multiple models, integration across the whole development lifecycle, and governance tools.
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GitHub Copilot has been named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise AI Coding Agents for the third year in a row, and received the highest ranking on the Ability to Execute criterion.
Who does Gartner consider a leader in AI coding?
The Gartner Magic Quadrant Leaders are GitHub, Cursor, OpenAI and Anthropic. GitHub also received the highest ranking on the "Ability to Execute" criterion.
How many organizations already use GitHub Copilot?
Copilot now runs in 140,000 organizations, almost three times as many as a year ago, with growth of 100% year over year.
Which other AI coding tools does
Gartner rate among the best? The category Leaders are GitHub, Anthropic, Cursor and OpenAI. AWS and Google landed in the Challengers category.
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Key Questions Answered
Who does Gartner consider a leader in AI coding?
The Gartner Magic Quadrant Leaders are GitHub, Cursor, OpenAI and Anthropic. GitHub also received the highest ranking on the "Ability to Execute" criterion.
How many organizations already use GitHub Copilot?
Copilot now runs in 140,000 organizations, almost three times as many as a year ago, with growth of 100% year over year.
Which other AI coding tools does Gartner rate among the best?
The category Leaders are GitHub, Anthropic, Cursor and OpenAI. AWS and Google landed in the Challengers category.
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