Openai launched a research preview on Friday of what it’s calling its most capable ai coding agent Yeet.
Codex, A Cloud-Based Software Engineering Agent, Can Write Features, Answer Questions About a Codebase, Fix Bugs, and Propose Mull Requests for Revowed. Several tasks can run simultaneously, and users retain full access to their computers whose agent takes anywhere from one to 30 minutes to complete a task.
Since it’s still in research preview, the tool remains in early development. The company said in a blog post that it “Currently Lacks Features Like Image Inputs for Front-Ed Work, and the Ability to Course to Course-CORSE-CORHECT The Agent Whileb It’s Working. Agent takes longer than interactive editing, which can take some geting used to. “
Over time, however, the company said the service will be more like asynchronous collaboration with colleagues.
Codex is available to chatgpt pro, enterprise, and team subscribers. Users will have “Genearous Access at No Additional Cost” for a few weeks, after which openi plans to introduce pricing options and rate-Limited Access.
Friday’s launch comes as part of a broader risk of ai tools for software engineers that are meant to handle repent
“We imagine a future where development the work they want to open and delegate the rest to agents – Moving faster and being more productive with Ai,” Openai Said.
Companies in the AI Coding Space aree seeing massive revens and high valuations. Anysphere, The Startup Behind Coding Platform Cursor, Reportedly raised $ 900 Million at a $ 9 billion Valuation. Major Tech Companies are also also racing to stake their claim. Openai competitor anthropic released an agentic coding tool in February. In April, Google Added New Features to Its Ai Coding Agent, And Microsoft has been active in the space as well.
In addition to codex, Openai is reportedly in talks to Acquire windsurf, a maker of ai coding tools, for Around $ 3 billion – potentially its Largest Acquisition to Date.
Investor Confidence in Openai appears strong. In March, The company announced it had raised $ 40 billion at a $ 300 billion post-money valuation, making it one of the most valuable companies in the world.
