OpenAI buys tiny software developer to improve Codex
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OpenAI is buying Pierre Computer Company in order to incorporate the San Francisco-based software developer’s Code.Storage infrastructure layer for Git into its Codex AI-powered programming tool. Pierre Computer, whose employees number just barely in the double digits, has got plenty of clout for its small size. It’s well-known for Code.Storage offering, as well as for its open-source software libraries, Trees and Diffs, which OpenAI already uses in Codex. OpenAI has experienced some of the limitations of Git itself, and its in-house engineering teams are already working to improve its support for human coders and AI agents working in parallel. Earlier this week the company described how it built a new back end for Git repositories, Pando, to enable concurrent working at scale.
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