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OpenAI announces intended acquisition of Pierre Computer for Codex source-code tooling

OpenAI announced on 4 November 2026 that it intends to acquire Pierre Computer Company, the maker of Code Storage and open-source Trees and Diffs tooling already used in Codex. The deal is proposed and subject to closing conditions; ownership transfer, future integration and adoption are not yet verified. This announcement differs from OpenAI's already deployed Pando Git backend documented in a previous canonical event.