The 2026 coding assistant landscape is consolidating fast. GitHub Copilot leads with 11M paid seats, followed by Amazon CodeWhisperer at 3.2M and Cursor at 1.8M. Benchmarks from SWE-bench show top models now solve 45-52% of real-world issues, up from 28% in 2024. Smaller players like Continue and Aider hold niche but growing shares. Source: techcrunch.com
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