OpenAI’s Ona Acquisition Targets Persistent Codex Agents for Enterprise

OpenAI will acquire Ona (formerly Gitpod) to give Codex a persistent place to work in customer-controlled cloud environments, the company announced June 11, 2026.

Key Details

• Codex: 5M weekly users, 400% growth in 2026
• Ona: Kiel, Germany; 2M developers on cloud dev environments
• Use case: Long-running agents for tests, issue resolution, app modernization, vulnerability remediation
• Security: Customer-controlled credentials, logging, governance boundaries

Why Persistent Agents Matter

Codex began as a single-session developer tool. As models improve, tasks extend across hours or days. Ona’s orchestration lets users delegate ambitious work without remaining tied to the initiating machine — checking progress, providing direction, and reviewing results from anywhere.

Regulatory Path

Acquisition subject to customary closing conditions including regulatory approvals. Ona team joins OpenAI post-close to advance secure enterprise execution with the Codex team.

Thibault Sottiaux (OpenAI Core Products Lead): “Enterprises want powerful agents that can do real work while meeting security and control requirements.”

Johannes Landgraf (Ona CEO): “Agents need more than intelligence; they need a trusted workspace.”