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OpenAI acquires Astral to bring Python's most popular dev tools into its Codex AI coding platform
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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. The article OpenAI acquires Astral to bring Python's most popular dev tools into its Codex AI coding platform appeared first on The Decoder.