--- title: OpenAI tries to build its coding cred by acquiring Astral description: OpenAI has acquired Astral, the company behind popular Rust-based Python tools uv, Ruff, and ty. The deal aims to strengthen OpenAI's Codex coding agent by... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-tries-to-build-its-coding-cred-by-acquiring-astral-fjn33pbe4 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: OpenAI tries to build its coding cred by acquiring Astral | daily.dev og:description: OpenAI has acquired Astral, the company behind popular Rust-based Python tools uv, Ruff, and ty. The deal aims to strengthen OpenAI's Codex coding agent by... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-tries-to-build-its-coding-cred-by-acquiring-astral-fjn33pbe4 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Fjn33pbE4.png og:image:alt: OpenAI tries to build its coding cred by acquiring Astral og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # OpenAI tries to build its coding cred by acquiring Astral **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary OpenAI has acquired Astral, the company behind popular Rust-based Python tools uv, Ruff, and ty. The deal aims to strengthen OpenAI's Codex coding agent by integrating developer tooling directly into AI-assisted workflows. OpenAI says it will keep Astral's tools open source while using them internally. The acquisition mirrors Anthropic's December 2025 purchase of Bun to support Claude Code. Observers note competitive tensions between the two AI labs, with some concern that OpenAI could use ownership of uv as leverage against Anthropic. The deal is also seen as a talent acquisition and potentially a financial maneuver ahead of OpenAI's anticipated IPO. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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