8,000 developers
“over 8,000 developers began using GitHub Copilot across more than 55 languages”
Tal como se publicó en github.com, enero de 2026. Capturado por usedby el 2 oct 2026.
Qué pasó
GM developers use GitHub Copilot across many languages and IDEs to speed up coding, reverse-engineer documentation for legacy COBOL and Fortran systems and convert that code to modern languages, and to handle pull request reviews and summaries. Copilot Autofix suggests inline fixes for vulnerabilities flagged by code scanning.
Resumen escrito por usedby a partir de la página de origen, en inglés. Las cifras son de GitHub copilot y de General Motors, no nuestras.
- 27 minutes“A critical build that once took four to six hours in the on-premises environment now completes in as little as 27 minutes on GitHub.”
- 99%“By unifying 99% of its source code and nearly 20,000 developers on a single platform”
- 55 languages“Across the organization, over 8,000 developers began using GitHub Copilot across more than 55 languages and in a wide variety of IDEs, including VS Code, Visual Studio, and the JetBrains suite.”
Using Copilot, developers reverse-engineered documentation for code written in older languages. Then, they leveraged it to convert this legacy code to modern languages. According to Parisi, this AI-assisted approach was a significant efficiency gain, accomplishing work that could have otherwise taken a year if done with external suppliers.
Copilot Autofix has significantly reduced our remediation time. It flags a vulnerability, suggests a fix inline, and developers can just click to accept.
Lo que dice la historia, y lo que verificamos
Comparamos la historia con su página en línea el 3 oct 2026.
- La cifra: 8,000 developersVerificadoImpresa palabra por palabra en la página, cerca del nombre de General Motors.
- El pasaje citado arribaVerificadoCopiado palabra por palabra de la página, cerca del nombre de General Motors.
- La fecha de publicaciónVerificadoLeída en los metadatos de la propia página, nunca adivinada.
- General Motors usa GitHub copilotVerificadoLínea de nivel Confirmado. Última verificación entre todas las fuentes: 5 oct 2026.
- El resultado en síNo verificadoLo citamos; no lo medimos.




