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OpenAI has entered into an agreement to acquire Astral, the maker of popular open source Python tools. The acquisition will integrate Astral into the Codex team.
OpenAI Acquires Astral to Enhance Codex
OpenAI announced on Thursday that they have reached an agreement to take over Astral. The company behind Astral develops tools such as uv, Ruff, and ty, which are widely used in Python development.
The deal, which has not disclosed financial terms, is intended to help OpenAI accelerate work on Codex. Integrating Astral’s tools will enable AI agents to collaborate more directly with developers’ existing tools.
Source: arstechnica.com
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