Friedman: GitHub Copilot user retention in enterprise is 38% to 50%
Itamar Friedman · 0 to over $8M ARR in 2 months as a Claude Wrapper (Bolt.new, Qodo) · Dec 2, 2024 · at 37:04
Itamar Friedman (CEO of Qodo) discusses developer adoption challenges for GitHub Copilot in large enterprise codebases on Latent Space.
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“Between 38 to 50% Retention for users using Copilot and Enterprise.”
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