Enterprises rushing into agents

OpenAI has added a new $100-a-month ChatGPT Pro plan as companies race to turn artificial intelligence chat tools into software agents that can do work. (thenextweb.com) The new tier launched on April 9 and sits between ChatGPT Plus at $20 a month and the existing $200 Pro plan. OpenAI said it gives users five times more Codex access than Plus, with a temporary boost to up to 10 times through May 31. (community.openai.com) Codex is OpenAI’s coding agent, a tool that can write, edit, and run through software tasks with less back-and-forth than a standard chatbot. OpenAI’s help pages say the $100 plan is built for “real projects” and offers higher allowances for tools including Codex and Deep Research. (help.openai.com) That pricing change lands as corporate buyers talk less about chat windows and more about agents that can use tools, handle data, and complete steps inside a workflow. Box chief executive Aaron Levie said after meetings with information technology and artificial intelligence leaders that companies are “moving from chat era of AI to agents” in the enterprise. (newsbreak.com) OutSystems said in its 2026 State of Artificial Intelligence Development report that 96% of organizations already use artificial intelligence agents in some form. The same report said 94% of enterprises are worried about “agent sprawl,” a term for too many disconnected agents spreading across teams and systems. (finance.yahoo.com) The survey covered 1,900 global information technology leaders, and 49% described their agentic artificial intelligence capabilities as advanced or expert. OutSystems also said enterprises are shifting from pilot projects to operational deployments, with governance and security concerns rising alongside use. (ittech-pulse.com) Levie has been making the same case in longer public appearances, including an April 8 Andreessen Horowitz podcast episode framed around “software beyond chat.” There, the discussion centered on agents as primary users of enterprise software rather than assistants sitting beside human workers. (podscripts.co) OpenAI is also tying Codex more directly into its subscription stack. Its developer pricing page now says Codex is included across Free, Go, Plus, Pro, Business, Education, and Enterprise plans, while a separate help page says Codex pricing shifted to token-based billing on April 2 for several ChatGPT plans. (developers.openai.com) (help.openai.com) The immediate fight is over developer spend, but the larger scramble is inside big companies deciding how many agents to deploy, who controls them, and which systems they can touch. The new $100 tier gives those teams another price point as the market moves past simple chat. (techcrunch.com)