[OpenAI Acquires Developer Tools Company Pierre Computer, Aiming Directly at Microsoft GitHub] According to a report by Jinse Finance on November 4th, Axios exclusively reported that OpenAI will acquire developer tools startup Pierre Computer; the transaction amount was not disclosed. Pierre's technology is already used in OpenAI's Codex, and OpenAI plans to integrate its Code Storage functionality into Codex. Pierre's open-source projects will remain open source. This move is seen as a challenge to Microsoft GitHub as AI agents take on more coding work. Previously, Cursor (now part of SpaceX under Elon Musk) launched Origin, a GitHub competitor, in August, and former GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke also released a competing product last month. OpenAI also disclosed Pando this week, stating that it reduces the time required to push code changes by nearly 80%. Microsoft holds nearly a quarter of OpenAI's shares.