OpenAI has agreed to acquire Astral, a startup behind widely used Python development tools, in a deal designed to sharpen its Codex coding assistant as competition with Anthropic intensifies. The ...

Astral creates Python development tools such as uv, a package and project manager, and Ruff, a linter and formatter.

OpenAI on Thursday announced the acquisition of Astral, the developer of open source Python tools that include uv, Ruff and ty. It says that it plans to integrate them with Codex, its AI coding agent ...

OpenAI Group PBC today announced plans to acquire Astral Software Inc., a startup with a set of widely used Python development tools.  The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Astral’s development ...

China's intense contest ecosystem meets India's grassroots coding grind in a record-setting global competition.

OpenAI to acquire Astral, bringing Python tools like uv, Ruff, and ty into Codex as it moves from code generation to executing full developer workflows.

In a move clearly designed to strengthen its position among developers, OpenAI has acquired Python tool maker Astral. The house of Altman expects the deal to strengthen the ecosystem for its Codex ...

Independent researcher Simon Willison raises questions about hidden Series A and B rounds, investor windfalls, and whether a key piece of Python infrastructure just became a competitive weapon in the ...

Another broad decline in markets as attacks on Gulf energy sites sent energy prices soaring to three-year highs ...

Newelle turns your Linux GNOME desktop into a smart assistant with AI chat, voice commands, mini apps, and document search.

Qualys reports the discovery by their threat research unit of vulnerabilities in the Linux AppArmor system used by SUSE, Debian, Ubuntu, and ...