Microsoft ships Agent Framework 1.0 but Azure's agent stack still spans too many surfaces while Google and AWS offer cleaner developer paths.

Microsoft has released version 1.0 of its open-source Agent Framework, positioning it as the production-ready evolution of the project introduced in October 2025 by combining Semantic Kernel ...

The platform routes and governs LLM traffic across OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Bedrock through one single API, with spend ...

Big Tech and AI giants are increasingly offering agentic AI frameworks that help in the creation, management, and orchestration of custom agents ...

OpenAI announced on March 17 that it will acquire Astral, the company behind Python’s widely used developer tools, to bolster its Codex coding platform as it races to close a revenue gap with ...

March 19 (Reuters) - OpenAI said on Thursday it will acquire Python toolmaker Astral, as the ChatGPT owner looks to strengthen its portfolio against rival Anthropic and gain more share in the ...

OpenAI said it will acquire Astral, a startup that builds tools for software developers. Astral's team will join OpenAI as part of the group running its AI coding assistant, Codex. OpenAI has been ...

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Nearly a month after Amazon and T-Mobile announced hundreds of job cuts in Bellevue, dealing a blow to the region’s tech workforce, artificial intelligence company OpenAI is opening ...

OpenAI just launched ChatGPT Apps and the Apps SDK, accelerating a marketing frontier where visibility, engagement, and commerce converge inside AI chat. Users can now book trips, design presentations ...