OpenAI rejected Meta-style internal tooling teams, betting on AGI-first — and Codex proved it right
dotey · x · 2026-09-08
Per Gergely Orosz, ex-Meta hires at OpenAI wanted to build Meta-style dedicated internal tooling teams, but OpenAI leadership resisted, arguing that in an "AGI-first" world there will be no internal tooling teams. They were right: with Codex, OpenAI now sees an explosion of internal tools without any tooling team.
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