GitHub is a web-based platform for version control and collaborative software development using Git. Founded in 2008 by Tom Preston-Werner, Chris Wanstrath, and PJ Hyett, GitHub was acquired by Microsoft in 2018 for $7.5 billion. It hosts over 100 million repositories and is the primary platform for open-source AI model development, including projects like Nemotron and other major AI frameworks.
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GitHub
GitHub is the world's largest platform for software development, collaboration, and version control, owned by Microsoft and central to the open-source AI ecosystem.
Updated Oct 5, 2026
Commercial snapshot
Founded
2008
Acquired by
Microsoft (2018)
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Key products
GitHub.com, GitHub Actions, GitHub Copilot, GitHub Codespaces
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- [1]GitHub General Privacy Statement - GitHub Docs — GitHub's April 27, 2026 privacy statement explicitly identifies GitHub Inc. at 88 Colin P. Kelly Jr. Street, San Francisco, California 94107, United States.