OpenAI acquires Astral, the Python toolmaker, to enhance Codex AI coding assistant as it competes with Anthropic's Claude Code and Cursor.
OpenAI is acquiring Astral, the startup whose tools quietly run inside the workflows of millions of Python developers. The deal drops Astral's team in.
The Pentagon is moving toward OpenAI and xAI models after its split with Anthropic, deepening the AI industry’s divide over military use.