OpenAI building its own GitHub to ditch Microsoft

OpenAI is reportedly building its own internal code repository platform to replace Microsoft's GitHub, according to The Information — a move that could make him compete (once again) against one of its biggest financial backers.

The project kicked off after GitHub suffered repeated outages tied to an ongoing migration of its infrastructure, frustrating OpenAI engineers. The GitHub's CTO told staff the full Azure move would take two years, and several dev teams got reassigned to migration duty.

OAI staffers have floated opening the platform to outside paying customers, pairing with Codex coding agents to consolidate the entire process.

The relationship between OAI and Microsoft continues to be a strange one, with OAI continuing to take over the territory its largest investor already owns — from Office tools to the platform where 100M+ devs store their code. Microsoft is in a difficult position of funding a partner that is repeatedly attacking the strong developer advantage of an established tech company.