OpenAI Is Working With Consultants to Sell Codex (3 minute read)
OpenAI is partnering with major consulting firms like Accenture and PwC to push its Codex AI coding assistant into enterprises, as competition with Anthropic for corporate clients intensifies.
What: OpenAI announced partnerships with consulting firms to help sell Codex to businesses and reported reaching 4 million weekly active users, up from 3 million two weeks prior. The company is positioning Codex not just for software development but for broader knowledge work like marketing, finance, and sales.
Why it matters: The consulting partnership strategy reveals how AI companies are racing to capture enterprise markets beyond individual developers, with both OpenAI and Anthropic using similar tactics to scale adoption through established business channels.
Original article
OpenAI is working with several consulting firms to help sell its AI coding tool Codex to businesses. Codex now has four million weekly active users, up from three million just two weeks ago. The Codex consulting program is part of OpenAI's push to focus on coding and enterprise businesses. Consulting partners will get access to an AI coding tool as part of the program.