OpenAI to Acquire Astral to Expand Codex Developer Tools
March 20, 2026
OpenAI announced it has agreed to acquire Astral, a company behind widely used open-source Python developer tools such as uv, Ruff, and ty. The acquisition is intended to expand OpenAI’s Codex platform into a full software development lifecycle solution, integrating planning, codebase changes, tool execution, verification, and long-term maintenance.
- Buyers
- OpenAI
- Targets
- Astral
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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