OpenAI's M&A Blitz: 17 Acquisitions in 3 Years, Nearly Matching 2025 Total Already in Q1 2026

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Crunchbase data shows OpenAI has acquired 17 companies since 2023, with 2026 acquisitions already approaching last year's total. Recent deals include Astral (Python tooling: uv, Ruff, ty — powers millions of developer workflows, feeding Codex), Promptfoo (AI security/vulnerability platform, integrating into OpenAI Frontier), and Torch (healthcare AI, January 2026). The most expensive: io at $6.5B in May 2025. OpenAI hired Google's Albert Lee in December to lead corporate development, signaling continued aggressive M&A to build out the Codex developer platform and enterprise stack.