OpenAI to acquire Astral

OpenAI will acquire Astral announced acquisition of Astral and plans to integrate its tools into Codex.

Codex saw 3x user growth and 5x usage increase since the start of the year reported user and usage growth since the start of the year.

Has over 2 million weekly active users reported weekly active user count.

Astral built widely used open source Python tools including uv, Ruff, and ty maintains open source Python tools used in developer workflows.

OpenAI and Astral closing of the acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions including regulatory approval must meet standard requirements before completion.