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OpenAI Is Acquiring Open Source Python Tool-Maker Astral
OpenAI acquires Astral to enhance Codex with planning, testing, and maintenance features amid a threefold user growth since early 2026.
- On Thursday, OpenAI announced it is acquiring Astral, an open-source Python tool developer, with Astral's team joining OpenAI and the deal subject to customary closing conditions.
- OpenAI said the acquisition will help Codex expand beyond code generation into planning, testing, and maintenance, amid competition with Anthropic and following Promptfoo and Torch buys earlier this month.
- Astral's founder and CEO Charlie Marsh wrote 'Through it all, though, our goal remains the same: to make programming more productive', while OpenAI said Codex has over 2 million weekly users and 3x user growth since the start of 2026.
- The company said the acquisition will accelerate Codex development and enable AI agents to work directly with tools developers rely on every day.
- OpenAI's recent hires and past big deals point to more M&A, including the $6.4 billion io acquisition and Albert Lee's December hire, while rivals like Anthropic acquired Bun amid rapid growth last year.
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OpenAI acquires Astral to bring open source Python developer tools to Codex — but details are still fuzzy
OpenAI this week announced its acquisition of Astral to bring the startup’s open source Python developer tools into the Codex ecosystem. Of course, the big question is whether Astral’s uv, Ruff, and ty will remain open source under the OpenAI umbrella. Both OpenAI and Astral made statements on Thursday, assuring developers that the much-loved Python tools will continue to receive support as open-source projects, in line with what OpenAI calls …
The company seeks to gain a larger share of the artificial intelligence programming market; the companies did not disclose the financial terms of the agreement.
OpenAI is acquiring open source Python tool-maker Astral
OpenAI announced Thursday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Astral, the company behind popular open source Python development tools such as uv, Ruff, and ty, and integrate the company into its Codex team. The deal, whose financial terms were not publicly disclosed, will help OpenAI "accelerate our work on Codex and expand what AI can do across the software development lifecycle," the company said in an announcement post. Integrati…
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