Did OpenAI just acqui-hire Cline?
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It looks like OpenAI may have acqui-hired the @Cline team. It's not currently clear what that means for the future of the AI coding agent as a project, as their team members are now on the @Codex by OpenAI team.
Any open-source alternatives? @Kilo Code? @Zed? else?
Update 2026-01-30: Cline clarified, they’re operational and there was no transaction with OpenAI.
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If the core team moves, open-source usually survives through the community — I’ve seen forks often evolve even faster once more contributors step in.
Handle
I wonder if this is the start of a wave of consolidation...
Kilo Code
@derekattonkotsu @Tonkotsu wen?
apideck
Well, it's going to be great for AI coding for one thing.