OpenAI takes on GitHub with Pierre Computer acquisition

OpenAI has announced plans to acquire Pierre Computer. The startup offers open-source software development tools, some of which are already built into Codex, OpenAI’s AI-powered software development and automation agent. With the move, the AI company is building its own infrastructure for coding with artificial intelligence, effectively taking on GitHub. As OpenAI puts it, “systems around Git need to evolve”. The move also puts OpenAI in competition with one of its major investors. In 2018, Microsoft bought GitHub for $7.5 billion. Microsoft has also invested billions in OpenAI and currently owns about a quarter of the AI company. The two firms also compete in other areas, such as their AI assistants ChatGPT and Copilot. That’s not unusual in the current state of the AI industry.