In 2018, Microsoft made one of its priciest acquisitions ever, spending $7.5 billion on code-sharing site GitHub.

Who is GitHub owned by?

And actually, it ascended to that spot and pushed Amazon down to #2 right after Microsoft acquired GitHub in June of 2018.

Does Microsoft own your code on GitHub?

After a weekend of rumors, Microsoft officially announced Monday that it will acquire the code repository site GitHub for $7.5 billion in stock. ... It's in many ways a natural fit for Microsoft, which has in recent years warmed up to open source. But the beloved developer platform may also introduce moderation headaches.