OpenAI is developing a persistent agent feature for its Codex coding tool that enables autonomous, continuous work until explicitly stopped, according to code reviewed by Wired. The feature, powered b…
A new trend shows more CTOs, VPs of Engineering, and Heads of Engineering are quitting their high-status roles or taking prolonged career breaks, with 6 out of 10 engineering leaders considering or al…
OpenAI announced on June 11 that it will acquire Ona, the German cloud startup formerly known as Gitpod, to integrate its cloud workspace technology into the Codex coding agent. Codex now has more tha…
OpenAI announced on June 11 it is acquiring Ona, the German company formerly known as Gitpod, to fold it into the Codex team. OpenAI says Codex now has over 5 million weekly users, up 400% this year. …
OpenAI acquired German startup Ona, formerly Gitpod, on June 11, 2026, to provide persistent cloud execution for its Codex coding agent, which now has over 5 million weekly active users. The deal shif…
OpenAI announced on June 11, 2026, its acquisition of Ona, the cloud execution platform formerly known as Gitpod, to provide Codex agents with persistent, customer-controlled environments. The deal ad…
OpenAI released Chrome DevTools Protocol support for its coding agent Codex, enabling controlled browser access to inspect and modify live web pages. The opt-in feature, restricted from the EEA, UK, a…
OpenAI executed three strategic moves in four days: acquiring cloud development platform Ona to give its Codex AI agents persistent, secure cloud workspaces; partnering with Oracle to let enterprises …
OpenAI announced it will acquire Ona, integrating its secure cloud execution and orchestration technology into the Codex ecosystem to support long-running agent workflows. Over 5 million people use Co…
OpenAI announced on June 11, 2026 that it will acquire cloud platform Ona to integrate its secure execution and orchestration technology into the Codex ecosystem, which now serves over 5 million weekl…
OpenAI acquired Ona, a 79-person cloud development environment provider, for an estimated $450 million to integrate its secure, self-hosted sandbox technology into Codex. The acquisition addresses ent…
OpenAI has agreed to acquire Ona, a 79-person cloud development environment provider formerly known as Gitpod, to enhance the security and enterprise readiness of its AI agents. The acquisition aims t…
OpenAI acquired Ona, the company formerly known as Gitpod, on Thursday to integrate its secure cloud platform into the Codex coding agent. The deal gives OpenAI’s enterprise customers the ability to r…
OpenAI is acquiring Ona, the startup formerly known as Gitpod, to enhance its Codex product with persistent, customer-controlled cloud development environments. The integration will allow Codex agents…
OpenAI acquired cloud startup Ona on 11 June 2026 to integrate its secure, persistent agent workspace into Codex, the company's coding assistant. The deal aims to support Codex's growing enterprise us…
OpenAI announced on June 11, 2026 that it will acquire Ona, a startup providing secure, customer-controlled cloud environments for AI agents, to expand the capabilities of its coding assistant Codex. …
Sid Palas launched Deputies, an open-source control plane for self-hosted background coding agents, enabling teams to run asynchronous software engineering tasks on remote infrastructure. The platform…