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OpenAI Acquires Astral, Makers of Ruff and uv — Betting Python's Future Runs Through Codex
OpenAI has agreed to acquire Astral, the startup behind Ruff (the fastest Python linter) and uv (the next-generation Python package manager) — a strategic acquisition that embeds foundational Python developer tooling directly into the Codex ecosystem and signals OpenAI's ambition to own the full AI-assisted development stack.