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OpenAI News Mar 19, 2026 at 00:00 AI

OpenAI to acquire Astral

Accelerates Codex growth to power the next generation of Python developer tools

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OpenAI announced it will acquire Astral, aiming to accelerate Codex development for next‑generation Python developer tools.

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