Astral to Join OpenAI

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Post by ibraheemdev » Thu, Mar 19, 2026, 1:05 PM UTC

https://openai.com/index/openai-to-acquire-astral/

Astral to Join OpenAI
astral.sh

Re: Astral to Join OpenAI

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Post by A7OM » Thu, Mar 19, 2026, 1:11 PM UTC

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Re: Astral to Join OpenAI

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Post by lucrbvi » Thu, Mar 19, 2026, 1:19 PM UTC

This is a weird pattern accross OpenAI/Anthropic to buy startups building better toolings.

I don't really see the value for OAI/Anthropic, but it's nice to know that uv (+ ty and many others) and Bun will stay maintained!

Re: Astral to Join OpenAI

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Post by fnands » Thu, Mar 19, 2026, 1:29 PM UTC

Woah, first Anthropic buys Bun, now OpenAI Astral?

Seems like the big AI players love buying up the good dev tooling companies.

I hope this means the Astral folks can keep doing what they are doing, because I absolutely love uv (ruff is pretty nice too).

Re: Astral to Join OpenAI

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Post by dcreager » Thu, Mar 19, 2026, 1:30 PM UTC

fnands wrote: post #4

Woah, first Anthropic buys Bun, now OpenAI Astral? Seems like the big AI players love buying up the good dev tooling companies. I hope this means the Astral folks can keep doing what they are doing, because I absolutely love uv (ruff is pretty nice too).

> I hope this means the Astral folks can keep doing what they are doing, because I absolutely love uv (ruff is pretty nice too).

That is definitely the plan!

Re: Astral to Join OpenAI

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Post by Mxbonn » Thu, Mar 19, 2026, 1:30 PM UTC

uv and ruff are one of the best things that happened in the python ecosystem the last years. I hope this acquisition does not put them on a path to doom.

Re: Astral to Join OpenAI

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Post by suddenlybananas » Thu, Mar 19, 2026, 1:31 PM UTC

If they just give Astral money to keep going, great, but I have difficulty believing they would be so altruistic. This is quite an upsetting acquisition.