Microsoft plans a significant upgrade to Visual Studio in response to competition from AI coding tools. The upgrade, referred to as Visual Studio 18, is overseen by Jay Parikh of the CoreAI organization. This version will include numerous AI features aimed at assisting developers in their coding tasks. Early internal testing, or 'dogfooding', has already begun, although a release timeline remains unspecified. Microsoft's GitHub Copilot has lost market share, emphasizing the need for enhancements in Visual Studio to maintain competitiveness in the developer tools landscape.
Microsoft is working on a major upgrade of Visual Studio to respond to competition from new AI coding tools like those developed by Amazon and Windsurf.
Jay Parikh leads the CoreAI organization overseeing developer tools and hinted at the 'next major release' of the IDE, termed 'Visual Studio 18'.
The last major release of Visual Studio occurred in 2021, and this upgrade aims to implement many AI features to enhance coding productivity.
GitHub Copilot, Microsoft's AI coding assistant, lost market share to Cursor, indicating that the new Visual Studio upgrade is essential to retain competitiveness.
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