GoTo Group, the premier digital ecosystem in Indonesia, has partnered with Microsoft Indonesia to implement GitHub Copilot, an AI development tool, which is a major step toward increasing efficiency across its engineering teams.
According to a statement released by GoTo on Monday, GitHub Copilot’s AI capabilities—which range from providing real-time code suggestions and chat support in the integrated development environment to breaking down complex coding concepts using everyday conversational language—significantly increase engineers’ productivity and happiness in their daily coding tasks.
According to Hans Patuwo, Chief Operating Officer of GoTo, “since June 2024, nearly a thousand of GoTo’s engineers have adopted GitHub Copilot, with full rollout expected by mid-October 2024.”
The GoTo Group engineers reported significant time savings of an average of over seven hours per week, which allowed them to innovate more quickly and provide more value to our users. “The adoption of this AI-powered coding assistant has enabled our engineers to enhance code quality and to accomplish more in less time,” he continued.
In addition to saving time, GoTo’s engineers have seen a 30% early code acceptance rate in just their first month of using GitHub Copilot.
Vice President of GitHub’s Asia Pacific (APAC), Sharryn Napier, expressed her excitement about providing GoTo’s engineers with AI across the software development lifecycle with GitHub Copilot. The statement claims that GoTo’s decision to incorporate AI into its workflow demonstrates its dedication to fostering innovation and enabling its employees to produce significant technology at scale.
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Andrew Boyd, General Manager, Digital Natives & Startups, Microsoft Asia said ,”We are proud to support GoTo in their mission to empower progress by offering technology infrastructure and solutions that enable everyone to thrive in the digital economy.GoTo gives their teams the tools they need to develop more quickly, increase productivity, and ultimately provide more value to users by incorporating GitHub Copilot into their engineering processes. As part of Microsoft’s Empowering Indonesia initiative, he continued, Trust and technology go hand in hand, and this collaboration underscores our shared commitment to harnessing AI technology, creating meaningful opportunities for all Indonesians, and accelerating an inclusive digital transformation agenda.”
GoTo Group, the biggest digital ecosystem in Indonesia, offers a variety of services, such as payments, financial services, technology solutions for retailers, and food delivery, groceries, and mobility.
Additionally, the company offers financial services through its relationship with Bank Jago and e-commerce services through Tokopedia.
About GoTo Group
GoTo Group is the largest digital ecosystem in Indonesia, with a mission to “empower progress” by offering technology infrastructure and solutions that help everyone to access and thrive in the digital economy. GoTo’s ecosystem comprises of on-demand transport, e-commerce, food and grocery delivery, logistics and fulfillment, and financial services through the Gojek, Tokopedia and GoTo Financial platforms.
