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Last mentioned: Mar 19, 2026

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Mar 19, 2026
Acquisition Announced

OpenAI and Astral announce the merger to integrate high-performance tooling into AI development.
2024
uv Release

Astral expands its footprint with uv, a fast Python package manager and pip alternative.
2022
Astral Founded

Charlie Marsh launches Astral and releases Ruff, which quickly gains viral adoption.

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OpenAI Acquires Astral to Bolster Python Ecosystem and Engineering Velocity

OpenAI has announced the acquisition of Astral, the high-performance tooling startup behind the popular Ruff and uv projects. The move integrates Astral's Rust-based engineering expertise into OpenAI's infrastructure to accelerate AI development cycles.

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