OpenAI Agreed to Buy a 10-Person Git Startup The startup is Pierre Computer Company, and it was started in 2023 by Jacob Thornton, who co-created Bootstrap, and Ian Ownbey, a former Twitter engineer. OpenAI didn't disclose a price, and the deal still needs regulatory approval, so the two companies stay independent until it closes. Pierre's software is already inside OpenAI's product. Its open-source libraries Trees and Diffs power file browsing and code review in the Codex app. OpenAI plans to bring Pierre's main product, Code Storage, into Codex after closing. It says the open-source projects will stay open source, and Code Storage customers can keep using it in the meantime. Code Storage is Git hosting for AI agents. An app creates repositories through an API, stores code and its full history, and keeps memory files and documents there too. Pierre lists Lovable, Bolt, and Amp among its users. Its published specs include repositories up to 32 terabytes and at least 30 concurrent writes. The problem is volume. Coding agents can open many branches at once, which strains tools built for human developers. OpenAI framed the deal around adapting Git workflows for teams running agents in parallel, and Axios called it a move at GitHub. Days earlier, OpenAI described Pando, its own source control system for engineers and agents, which it says cut the time to push code changes by nearly 80%. Pierre raised a $22 million Series A in November 2025, led by CRV and 01A. Industry databases put its total funding at about $23 million. Y Combinator backed it at the start, and Audacious Ventures is also an investor. Pierre went through Y Combinator's Winter 2023 batch and first launched as an opinionated Git platform for code hosting and review. It introduced Code Storage in October 2025, and in early 2026 it paused signups for the original product to focus on it. Pierre wrote in its Series A post that the capacity for machine work will ultimately be limited by infrastructure.