Acquisitioners feel they’ll stay here: The team behind Alex Codes is a popular tool where developers can use AI models in Apple’s development kit Xcode, which is joining OpenAi.
exist postal On X, Alex Codes founder Daniel Edrisian said the startup’s team is joining Openai’s Codex division, which is building The company’s AI coding agent.
Y-Combinator support Alex Code was founded in 2024 And trying to integrate AI models into XCode. However, Apple earlier this year Updated Xcode To let users click on Chatgpt and other AI models without external tools. Edrisian did not mention whether this was the reason why his entrepreneurial team joined Openai.
“When we first started, Xcode didn’t have AI. Building “the cursor of Xcode” sounds crazy, but we managed to do it anyway. Over time, we built the best coding agents for iOS & MacOS apps.”
In Alex code post blogThe startup said it will continue to support existing users, although the app will be downloaded after October 1. The company notes that as long as existing users use it, the team will not add new features to the tool, but will maintain the product.
Alex Code’s Y-Combinator list states that the startup has three people working on coding tools. It is not clear whether all of these employees join Openai.
We have commented to Openai and if we hear back we will update the story.
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