Compute/press release/2026-11-02

OpenAI develops custom Git backend system named Pando to scale monorepo operations

OpenAI announced it developed a custom Git backend system, Pando, to address significant scaling challenges with its monorepo. The company stated this internal solution was built in 10 weeks to handle a 2,442% surge in commits and a monorepo containing hundreds of thousands of files, improving Git operations by up to 10x. This information is primarily based on OpenAI's own report, which was subsequently covered by other tech outlets.

4 articles from 4 outlets covered this story. The underlying claim is sourced from a press release.

What do all outlets agree on?

4 outlets covered “OpenAI develops custom Git backend system named Pando to scale monorepo operations”. All of them report the following:

  • OpenAI developed a custom Git backend system
  • The system is named Pando
  • It was built to address scaling issues with their monorepo
  • The monorepo contains hundreds of thousands of files
  • The system handles tens of thousands of commits per day
  • The new system improved Git operations by up to 10x
  • The system was built in 10 weeks
  • There was a 2,442% increase in commits per day

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