OpenAI Codex 5M weekly users

OpenAI said on June 2 that Codex had passed 5 million weekly active users, giving the company a new adoption marker for a product it is expanding beyond software engineering. In separate OpenAI posts published June 2 and March 31, the company also said ChatGPT was “soon” to reach 1 billion weekly active users after reporting more than 900 million weekly active users in February. The new Codex figure came with a product push aimed at office work rather than only coding. OpenAI said role-specific plugins, Sites and annotations were designed to let analysts, marketers, operators, designers, researchers, investors and bankers use Codex with less setup and less engineering help. ### Where did the 5 million figure come from? (openai.com) OpenAI said in a June 2 post that Codex “now has more than 5 million weekly active users,” up more than sixfold since the launch of the desktop app in February. The same post said developers remain the largest group, but knowledge workers now account for about 20% of users. February 27 provides the earlier benchmark. (openai.com) In a funding announcement that day, OpenAI said weekly Codex users had “more than tripled since the start of the year to 1.6M,” which means the June 2 total is a little more than three times that February figure. ### How close is ChatGPT to 1 billion weekly users? OpenAI said on February 27 that ChatGPT had “more than 900M weekly active users.” On March 31, in a separate financing announcement, the company said it was “soon” to become the fastest technology platform to reach 1 billion weekly active users. (openai.com) Those statements support the claim that ChatGPT is nearing 1 billion weekly users, but OpenAI has not published a June 2 or June 3 post giving a fresh exact number. (openai.com) The latest company language available on OpenAI’s site is still “more than 900M” and “soon” to 1 billion. ### What exactly did OpenAI launch with Codex? OpenAI said on June 2 it introduced six role-specific plugins, in-place annotations and a preview of Sites. (openai.com) The company said the plugins package apps, skills, instructions and workflows, and together include 62 apps and 110 skills. ChatGPT Enterprise and Edu release notes published June 2 named the first plugin set as Sales, Data Analytics, Product Design, Creative Production, Investment Banking and Public Equity Investing. (openai.com) The same release notes said Sites is available in preview for eligible Enterprise and Edu workspaces and can publish lightweight internal web apps with hosted URLs. (openai.com) OpenAI’s Codex changelog said annotations let users tweak styling such as font size, colors and spacing directly in the in-app browser. OpenAI’s product post described Sites as a way to create interactive websites and apps that can be shared within a workspace by URL. ### Why is OpenAI talking about “knowledge work”? OpenAI said in a June 2 report summary that Codex is becoming “a productivity tool for everyone” and is being used to create reports, spreadsheets, presentations, contracts and other work products. (help.openai.com) The company said the fastest-growing knowledge-worker tasks are data analysis, research and knowledge artifact creation. (developers.openai.com) OpenAI also said knowledge workers are using Codex for research, workflow automation and lightweight tool-building that previously required engineering support. That is the company’s factual basis for presenting Codex less as a coding assistant and more as a broader workplace product. ### What should readers watch next? June 2 is the date to watch across OpenAI’s own materials. (openai.com) The company’s product page, developer documentation and Enterprise release notes are where OpenAI is publishing the rollout details for plugins, Sites and annotations, and those pages identify which workspace types and user plans have access. (openai.com)