Ona, a startup whose technology gives AI agents access to secure, pre-configured cloud environments stocked with the tools, systems, and context required to complete work over time, is being purchased by OpenAI,

Dan Shipper said Codex drafts many of his emails. He said AI overages cost $13,000 last month — but Every treats AI as a normal workplace expense.

Ona's cloud infrastructure will help OpenAI's AI coding assistant handle longer-running tasks and accelerate enterprise deployment of autonomous AI agents.

OpenAI Group PBC today announced plans to acquire Ona, a startup with a platform for managing long-running artificial intelligence agents. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Developers often run the AI agents they use to write code on their local machines.

OpenAI is moving a step deeper into the software development stack with its planned acquisition of Astral, a company known for building widely used open-source Python developer tools. The move is less about adding new features and more about where AI sits ...

OpenAI is preparing what CNBC’s Joe Kernen, citing Financial Times reporting, called “The biggest update to ChatGPT since the product launched. It’s already been four years.” The revamp is designed to push ChatGPT beyond conversation and into autonomous action.

OpenAI is getting serious about courting enterprise users. On Tuesday, the AI lab released a new set of capabilities for Codex, meant to expand the agentic tool’s uses in the workplace. Together with the new tools,