Top OpenAI researchers reportedly burn $7-8k/day on Codex, growing exponentially
venturetwins · x · 2026-09-18
Top OpenAI researchers are reportedly spending $7,000-8,000 per day on Codex, a run rate of roughly $2-3M per year per person — and the spend is said to be growing "on an exponential."
The figure offers a rare glimpse into how intensively frontier lab researchers lean on coding agents, and what compute budgets for top AI talent look like.
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