Openai rented the team behind Alex Alex assistant

HUCI-Heres feels here to stay: the team behind Alex, a famous tool that allows developers to use artificial intelligence models in Apple Development Suite Xcode, joins Openai.

in mail On X, Alex Daniel Edrissian’s founder said that the startup team joins the Openai manuscript section, which is building The company’s artificial intelligence coding agent.

Y supported Alex was established in 2024 He sought to integrate artificial intelligence models into XCode. Apple, however, earlier this year Xcode update To allow users to press Chatgpt and other artificial intelligence models without the need for external tools. Edrisian did not mention whether this was the reason for the Openai Special Starting team joined.

“When we started, Xcode did not have Amnesty International. It seemed to build a crazy XCode indicator, but we were able to do this anyway. Over time, we built the best coding agent for iOS & MacOS applications,” Edrisian wrote in office.

In a post on Alex BlogThe startup said it will continue to support the current users, although the application will not be able to download it after October 1. The company noted that the team will not add new features to the tool, but it will maintain the product as long as current users use it.

The Alex’s You Combinator menu notes that the startup has three people working on the coding tool. It is not clear whether all these employees join Openai.

We have asked Openai a comment, and we will update the story if we hear.

Openai verb A few similar “Requests” In the past, the team’s renovation is behind the start instead of buying the entire company. The company said earlier this week that it was happening Startup Startup Product for $ 1.1 billion.