OpenAI has acquired Astral, a startup whose essential Python development tools are used by millions. This strategic move aims ...

OpenAI bets on Astral to strengthen AI coding By Staff Writer, ITWebJohannesburg, 23 Mar 2026According to OpenAI, Python has become one of the most important languages in modern software development.

Astral creates Python development tools such as uv, a package and project manager, and Ruff, a linter and formatter.

Python, OpenAI said, has become one of the most important languages in modern software development, powering everything from AI and data science to back-end systems and developer infrastructure.

Every time Lee Chong Ming publishes a story, you’ll get an alert straight to your inbox! Enter your email By clicking “Sign up”, you agree to receive emails ...

OpenAI and Oracle are betting big on America's AI future, bringing online the flagship site of the $500 billion Stargate program in Abilene, Texas. That site is the first of the Stargate program to ...

Every time Max publishes a story, you’ll get an alert straight to your inbox! Enter your email By clicking “Sign up”, you agree to receive emails from Business ...

OpenAI has announced that it's making its Projects feature available to free users of ChatGPT. Projects let you organize chats with the company's AI assistant around a specific subject, and were ...