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 ...

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 ...

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 toolmaker ...

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is set to acquire open source developer Astral and integrate its tools into the Codex ecosystem. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. In a ...

OpenAI added explicit rules banning goblin and gremlin references in GPT-5.5's coding assistant after users complained about ...

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 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.

Seriously? Astral's tools aren't even AI-focused, and now they're tied to a company that's losing money hand over fist? Click to expand... I'm guessing that a fair amount of stuff around AI (be it ...

OpenAI has expanded the capabilities of its agent-building toolkit, as agentic AI continues to grow in popularity.