OpenAI will acquire developer tools startup Pierre Computer and fold its Code Storage service into Codex
OpenAI told Axios it will acquire Pierre Computer, a developer tools startup. Pierre's main product, Code Storage, is a managed version control service built to store and manage code for AI applications, and its technology is already used in Codex, OpenAI's coding agent. OpenAI plans to integrate Code Storage directly into Codex. Financial terms were not disclosed, and Pierre's open-source projects will remain open source. Axios notes that a number of companies are challenging Microsoft's GitHub as AI agents write more code. Earlier this week OpenAI also described Pando, its own backend for code repositories, which it says cut the time needed to push code changes by nearly 80%.
Why it matters
As AI agents write more code, where that code is stored and managed is becoming contested ground, and OpenAI is extending Codex from writing code to storing it.
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