OpenAI says it plans to acquire Astral, the company behind widely used open source Python tools like uv, Ruff, and ty, to strengthen Codex and expand its role across more of the software development process. The article says Codex has grown quickly this year, and OpenAI wants it to do more than generate code by helping plan changes, work with codebases, run tools, verify results, and maintain software over time. OpenAI also says it will continue supporting Astral’s open source products after the deal closes, while looking for deeper ways to connect them with Codex. For now, the two companies remain separate, and the acquisition still depends on normal closing steps, including regulatory approval

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