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James Governor interviews Kyle Daigle at Microsoft BUILD 2026 about AI innovations and developer support.

At Microsoft Build 2026, RedMonk's James Governor sits down with Kyle Daigle, COO at GitHub and CMO of Developer at Microsoft, to unpack the event. The conversation looks at Microsoft's first homegrown frontier models, the growing importance of "token economics", new NVIDIA Spark-powered hardware, the push toward containerization and isolation for agents both on-device and in the cloud, and Windows improvements aimed at a calmer developer experience. Daigle also previews the agent-first GitHub Copilot app with its shareable canvases, and addresses developer anxiety amid industry layoffs, insisting Microsoft's principle remains keeping developers in the loop. This RedMonk conversation is sponsored by Microsoft. Show notes: https://redmonk.com/videos/kyle-daigle/ Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Developer Marketing at Microsoft 02:08 Microsoft's Frontier Models and AI Innovations 05:06 Local Model Execution and Security Concerns 07:58 The Role of AI in Developer Productivity 11:08 GitHub Copilot and the Future of Software Development 14:20 Windows for Developers: Enhancements and Configurations 17:05 Hardware Partnerships and Performance Expectations 20:10 Supporting Developers in a…

People in this episode

Host: James Governor

Guest: Kyle Daigle

Topics covered

• AI Innovations
• Developer Productivity
• Token Economics
• GitHub Copilot
• Windows Enhancements
• Developer Support

Keywords

• Microsoft BUILD 2026
• AI Models
• Token Economics
• GitHub Copilot
• Developer Experience
• Containerization
• NVIDIA Spark

Sponsors

Microsoft

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: GitHub, NVIDIA

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