OpenAI announces the acquisition of Ona to strengthen the rollout of Codex agents.
OpenAI is acquiring Ona, a company specializing in secure cloud environments. By integrating Ona’s technology, OpenAI aims to provide organizations with more control over their infrastructure and security when deploying long-running AI agents.
According to OpenAI, more than five million people now use Codex weekly, a 400 percent increase since the beginning of this year. This partnership should enable companies to securely and flexibly integrate AI agents into existing workflows.
Secure cloud infrastructure
Ona has years of experience migrating software development from local machines to the cloud and has already helped two million developers with secure, reproducible cloud environments. By bringing this expertise to OpenAI, Codex will gain a persistent workspace where agents can continue working even when users go offline.
Ona’s technology makes it possible to run AI agents in controllable cloud environments. Organizations determine where agents work, how data is managed, and who has access.
Integration
Following the completion of the acquisition, the Ona team will join OpenAI to collaborate on the further development of secure execution capabilities for Codex. The focus is on supporting engineering teams in safely executing long-running software tasks, such as testing, troubleshooting, and modernizing applications.
Until the acquisition is fully completed, OpenAI and Ona will continue to operate as separate companies. OpenAI expects that with the arrival of Ona, it will be able to scale faster to large enterprises worldwide. Previously, OpenAI acquired Astral to strengthen its Codex platform.