# The Information — OpenAI Agrees to Buy Software Startup Pierre to Bolster Codex

- Company: The Information (theinformation.com)
- Announced: 2026-11-04T17:56:42+00:00
- Category: partnership-acquisition
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: yes
- Group: announcements
- Source: https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/openai-agrees-buy-software-startup-pierre-bolster-codex
- Record: https://forck.live/items/31679-openai-agrees-to-buy-software-startup-pierre-to-bolster-codex
- Subject: Reporting

OpenAI said on Wednesday it is buying Pierre Computer Company, a three-year-old startup that builds software tools to help developers manage and review code. OpenAI's coding agent Codex already uses Pierre's open-source developer tools, including Code Storage, a service that allows developers to manage and review code. The acquisition is intended to bolster Codex, OpenAI's coding agent.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/openai-agrees-buy-software-startup-pierre-bolster-codex:

> OpenAI on Wednesday said it was buying Pierre Computer Company, a three-year-old startup that builds software tools to help developers manage and review code.
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> OpenAI’s coding agent Codex is already using Pierre’s open-source developer tools, including Code Storage, a service that allows ...

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