Join us for the GitHub Universe 2026 opening keynote as we look at the next era of software, the developers building it, and the tools and workflows GitHub is creating to help them go further. Hear from engineering leaders April Leonard, Jay Parikh, Cassidy Williams, Burke Holland, and Damian Brady as they unveil major updates across GitHub Copilot, autonomous agent workflows, and core developer tools. Expect new announcements, live demos, and a few surprises along the way.
Speakers:
April Leonard, VP of Engineering for GitHub Copilot, GitHub
Cassidy Williams, Sr. Director, Developer Advocacy, GitHub
Burke Holland, Principal Cloud Advocate, Microsoft
Jay Parikh, Executive Vice President, CoreAI, Microsoft
Damian Brady, Staff Developer Advocate, GitHub
Watch more videos from GitHub Universe 2026: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZfqId_rrB0&list=PLENrlACZ7mnU
— CHAPTERS —
00:00 GitHub's Explosive Growth & Agentic Shift
03:26 Evolving for the Agentic Era
06:10 GitHub Copilot App & Connectors
09:39 Copilot Fusion, Copilot App Canvases & Copilot Dreaming
14:55 Copilot Projects & Copilot automations
19:59 Agent-Powered Quality & Security
31:25 Rebuilding GitHub's Core Infrastructure
40:00 The Future of Software Development
#GitHubUniverse #GitHubCopilot #SoftwareDevelopment
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About GitHub
It’s where over 180 million developers create, share, and ship the best code possible. It’s a place for anyone, from anywhere, to build anything—it’s where the world builds software. https://github.com
Speakers:
April Leonard, VP of Engineering for GitHub Copilot, GitHub
Cassidy Williams, Sr. Director, Developer Advocacy, GitHub
Burke Holland, Principal Cloud Advocate, Microsoft
Jay Parikh, Executive Vice President, CoreAI, Microsoft
Damian Brady, Staff Developer Advocate, GitHub
Watch more videos from GitHub Universe 2026: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZfqId_rrB0&list=PLENrlACZ7mnU
— CHAPTERS —
00:00 GitHub's Explosive Growth & Agentic Shift
03:26 Evolving for the Agentic Era
06:10 GitHub Copilot App & Connectors
09:39 Copilot Fusion, Copilot App Canvases & Copilot Dreaming
14:55 Copilot Projects & Copilot automations
19:59 Agent-Powered Quality & Security
31:25 Rebuilding GitHub's Core Infrastructure
40:00 The Future of Software Development
#GitHubUniverse #GitHubCopilot #SoftwareDevelopment
Stay up-to-date on all things GitHub by connecting with us:
YouTube: https://gh.io/subgithub
Blog: https://github.blog
X: https://twitter.com/github
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/github
Insider newsletter: https://resources.github.com/newsletter/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/github
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@github
About GitHub
It’s where over 180 million developers create, share, and ship the best code possible. It’s a place for anyone, from anywhere, to build anything—it’s where the world builds software. https://github.com