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Dhaka, March 20 -- OpenAI announced on Thursday that it is acquiring Astral, a prominent Python toolmaker, as part of its strategy to expand its AI coding offerings and compete more effectively with ...

The acquisition of Astral comes at a time when OpenAI is rapidly growing it developer platform. Since the start of this year, Codex has seen its usage increase five-fold, and it now boasts over 2 ...

OpenAI said on Thursday 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 intelligence coding ...

In a move clearly designed to strengthen its position among developers, OpenAI has acquired Python tool maker Astral. The house of Altman expects the deal to strengthen the ecosystem for its Codex ...

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, the leading artificial intelligence platform, has aimed to built a strong platform against Anthropic. The ChatGPT owner said on Thursday, March 20, 2026, it will acquire Python ...

OpenAI Group PBC today announced plans to acquire Astral Software Inc., a startup with a set of widely used Python development tools.  The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Astral’s development ...

With the acquisition of Python tool developer Astral, OpenAI is expanding its commitment in the coding sector and aims to further develop its Codex platform.

OpenAI will acquire Python toolmaker Astral, as the ChatGPT owner looks to strengthen its portfolio against rival ‌Anthropic and gain more share ‌in ‌the artificial intelligence ‌coding tools market.

OpenAI has announced plans to acquire Astral, integrating its open-source developer tools into the Codex ecosystem to enhance AI agent capabilities.

OpenAI said on Thursday it will acquire Astral, as the ChatGPT maker doubles down on artificial intelligence-powered coding tools to compete more aggressively with rivals such as Anthropic. The ...