OpenAI announces acquisition of Ona to expand Codex's secure cloud execution and long-term proxy capabilities BlockBeats News: On June 11th, OpenAI announced that it will acquire Ona and integrate its secure cloud execution and orchestration technology into the Codex ecosystem. OpenAI stated that this acquisition will expand Codex to provide a secure, customer controlled cloud infrastructure for long-term running agents in software and knowledge work. Currently, over 5 million people use Codex every week for research, analysis, construction, and automation work, an increase of 400% compared to earlier this year. With the enhancement of Codex's capabilities, its most valuable work is expanding from minutes to hours or days. OpenAI states that Ona's technology can provide a secure and persistent environment, allowing agents to access the necessary tools, systems, and contexts and progress tasks over time. By introducing Ona, OpenAI will push Codex from a working mode that relies on a single device or active session to one that can run continuously in customer cloud environments. Ona has helped 2 million developers work in a secure and reproducible cloud environment. OpenAI claims that this experience will support the next stage of development for Codex, allowing agents to continue running in customer cloud environments even after the laptop is shut down. The acquisition still needs to meet the customary delivery conditions, including obtaining the necessary regulatory approvals. OpenAI and Ona will continue to operate as independent companies until the transaction is completed. After the transaction is completed, the Ona team will join OpenAI and work together with the Codex team to advance secure and persistent enterprise level execution capabilities. [Original link]