OpenAI is acquiring Ona, formerly Gitpod, to run Codex agents inside a customer's own cloud. The coding-agent race is shifting from model quality to the execution layer.

Ona's cloud infrastructure will help OpenAI's AI coding assistant handle longer-running tasks and accelerate enterprise deployment of autonomous AI agents.

Ona's technology will allow OpenAI's coding assistant, Codex, to take on longer-running tasks, OpenAI said. It will also help more organizations deploy agents, which independently complete tasks on behalf of a user, into production, the company said.

OpenAI announced on June 11, 2026 that it will acquire Ona, officially Gitpod GmbH, a German startup whose platform runs AI agents in cloud-based sandboxes, SiliconANGLE reported. Terms were not disclosed.

OpenAI acquires Ona, the German startup once called Gitpod, to run Codex agents inside customers' own clouds. The real fight is enterprise trust.

OpenAI formally announced on June 11 that it has agreed to acquire Ona, a cloud execution and orchestration startup.

OpenAI is preparing what CNBC’s Joe Kernen, citing Financial Times reporting, called “The biggest update to ChatGPT since the product launched. It’s already been four years.” The revamp is designed to push ChatGPT beyond conversation and into autonomous action.

OpenAI is reportedly preparing its largest ChatGPT redesign since the platform launched in 2022. The planned overhaul would combine coding, AI agents, image too

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