OpenAI has acquired Astral, a startup whose essential Python development tools are used by millions. This strategic move aims to bolster OpenAI's Codex group, which faces competition from Anthropic's ...

March 19 (Reuters) - OpenAI said on Thursday it will acquire Python toolmaker Astral, as ‌the ChatGPT owner looks to strengthen its ‌portfolio against rival Anthropic and gain more share in the ...

OpenAI plans to acquire Astral, a company that specialises in high-performance tools for the Python programming language. The move comes as the ChatGPT maker aims to accelerate the growth of Codex, ...

Python, OpenAI said, has become one of the most important languages in modern software development, powering everything from AI and data science to back-end systems and developer infrastructure.

OpenAI on Thursday announced the acquisition of Astral, the developer of open source Python tools that include uv, Ruff and ty. It says that it plans to integrate them with Codex, its AI coding agent ...

OpenAI said it will acquire Astral, a startup that builds tools for software developers. Astral's team will join OpenAI as part of the group running its AI coding assistant, Codex. OpenAI has been ...

OpenAI said on Thursday (March 19, 2026) it will buy Python toolmaker Astral, as the ChatGPT maker seeks to strengthen its portfolio against rival Anthropic to gain more share in the artificial ...