OpenAI reportedly spends $700 median per employee on Codex, top 10% hit $7,000
scaling01 · x · 2026-09-26
A claim circulating on X says OpenAI's internal Codex usage is substantial: median spend per employee around $700, with the top 10% of users hitting roughly $7,000—highlighting how heavily the company dogfoods its own coding agent.
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