{"id":390669,"date":"2026-04-21T16:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/390669\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T16:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:08:10","slug":"openai-leans-on-global-consultancies-to-expand-codex-use-in-large-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/390669\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI leans on global consultancies to expand Codex use in large companies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">April 21 (Reuters) &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/organizations\/openai\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:OpenAI;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;OpenAI&quot;}\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OpenAI<\/a> said on Tuesday it is expanding partnerships with major global consulting firms to \u200cspeed up enterprise adoption of its Codex <a href=\"https:\/\/tech.yahoo.com\/ai\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:artificial \u200cintelligence;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;artificial \u200cintelligence&quot;}\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">artificial \u200cintelligence<\/a> tools, as competition in the rapidly evolving AI market intensifies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">It is \u200balso launching Codex Labs, which will place OpenAI specialists directly inside customer organizations to help integrate the technology into existing systems and workflows.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">The ChatGPT\u2011maker said it is working with global \u200csystems integrators including Accenture, \u2060Capgemini, CGI, Cognizant, Infosys, PwC and Tata Consultancy Services to help large companies identify and \u2060deploy Codex across their software development operations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">The move comes as OpenAI faces increasing pressure from rivals such as Anthropic, whose \u200bClaude models \u200bhave gained traction with corporate \u200bcustomers for coding, reasoning \u200cand enterprise deployments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Larger technology firms including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/organizations\/microsoft\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:Microsoft;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Microsoft&quot;}\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft<\/a>, Google and Amazon are also investing heavily to differentiate their AI offerings for businesses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">As part of a broader strategic shift, OpenAI has in recent months scaled back or shut down some smaller \u200cexperimental initiatives, including projects such as \u200bSora, as it concentrates resources \u200bon core products such \u200bas Codex and ChatGPT.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Codex is designed to \u200cautomate parts of the software development \u200blifecycle, including \u200bwriting, reviewing and reasoning about code.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">OpenAI said weekly usage of Codex has climbed sharply in recent weeks, with \u200bmore than 4 \u200cmillion developers now using it, up from around 3 \u200bmillion earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">(Reporting by Kritika Lamba in \u200bBengaluru; 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