OpenAI said it plans to acquire Ona, a start-up that provides pre-configured cloud environments where AI agents can access tools, systems and context, as it seeks to bolster its Codex programming tool.

Ona’s technology will allow Codex to handle longer-running tasks, and will help more organisations apply AI agents to production tasks, OpenAI said.

Ona’s staff are to join OpenAI’s Codex team once the deal has closed, subject to customary conditions.

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