Two students built an app with Codex, won a ChatGPT grant, and landed an OpenAI billboard
romainhuet · x · 2026-10-20
Fatimah Hussein shares the story behind OpenAI's "Codex Originals" billboard: she and Chloe Hughes ran a TV-show-style iOS app building competition with Codex, creating a swipe-to-match app for spontaneous campus hangouts. They met OpenAI's Romain Huet, brainstormed student-focused marketing, won the ChatGPT student grant, then filmed a commercial about finnie, their tool helping students access financial aid. Sam Altman introduced their video on the DevDay stage and they got their own Codex Originals booth.
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