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Cloud Native Now, Monday, December 29th, 2025

Best of 2025: Apple Buys Styra Brains, OPA Remains Open

Vol 333 · Issue 5 · 2025-12-29

In what may be the most Apple-esque move in recent memory - quiet, strategic, and totally on-brand - the tech giant has apparently executed an 'acquihire without the acquisition' by scooping up the co-founders and core team behind Styra, the original creators of Open Policy Agent (OPA). While Apple isn't acquiring Styra outright, the impact is arguably just as seismic.

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Best of 2025: Apple Buys Styra Brains, OPA Remains Open