The deal, whose financial terms were not disclosed, is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals. Until the transaction closes, the companies will continue to operate independently.

OpenAI's new Codex agent is essentially a vibe-coding environment based on a ChatGPT-like comment interface. As much as the vibe-coding idea seems like a meme for wannabe cool-kid coders, the new Codex agent is impressive as heck. Also: What is AI vibe coding?

OpenAI is building an internal code-hosting platform that could eventually compete with GitHub, according to The Information, putting the AI company on a collision course with Microsoft — its largest backer and the owner of GitHub since 2018.

OpenAI announced on Friday it’s launching a research preview of Codex, the company’s most capable AI coding agent yet. Codex is powered by codex-1, a version of the company’s o3 AI reasoning model optimized for software engineering tasks. OpenAI says ...

OpenAI reportedly developing internal code repository following GitHub outages