OpenAI acquires Astral to bring Python's most popular dev tools into its Codex AI coding platform

THE DECODER / 3/21/2026

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OpenAI announced it is acquiring Astral, the company behind popular Python development tools, to integrate them into Codex.
The deal signals strong competition among AI labs like OpenAI and Anthropic to dominate AI-powered coding workflows.
The move aims to bring Astral's Python tooling into Codex, potentially boosting developers' productivity in Python projects.
The acquisition could reshape the Python tooling landscape and influence future Codex updates and pricing for coding tools.

OpenAI is acquiring Astral, the company behind some of the most widely used Python tools in the world. The deal signals how aggressively AI labs like OpenAI and Anthropic are competing for dominance in AI-powered coding.

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