Microsoft CEO: Rivals are trying to ‘kill’ us — and why he thinks that’s actually good

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella views increased competition in AI coding assistants as a positive market expansion, not a threat. Despite GitHub Copilot’s market share decline, Nadella highlighted the overall market’s growth and GitHub’s platform strategy, which benefits from all coding agents using its ecosystem. He emphasized that GitHub’s vast developer base and role as a central code repository provide enduring structural advantages.