During GitHub Galaxy Bengaluru, CEO Thomas Dohmke predicted India’s ascent as the world’s largest software developer community by 2027, surpassing the US. Emphasizing the symbiotic relationship between developer presence and economic growth, he highlighted India’s burgeoning developer population and the dawn of the AI era. Dohmke dismissed fears of AI replacing coders and suggested an early start to coding education, advocating for children as young as six or seven. With Microsoft-owned GitHub’s Copilot-powered platform gaining traction across various sectors in India.