Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) has rolled out OpenAI's Codex coding agent across its global workforce, with CEO Jensen Huang hailing the move as a milestone in "the age of AI," while OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said early company-wide testing "was awesome."
Nvidia Expands Codex To 10,000 Employees
Nvidia said more than 10,000 employees across engineering, product, legal, finance, marketing and other teams now have access to Codex, OpenAI's agentic coding tool powered by GPT-5.5.
The rollout followed an internal pilot where employees reported faster debugging cycles and accelerated software development.
On Thursday, Altman shared Huang's internal email on X, highlighting early success.
"We tried a new thing with NVIDIA to roll out Codex across a whole company and it was awesome to see it work," Altman wrote, adding, "Let us know if you'd like to do it at your company!"
Huang Calls AI Agents A Workforce ‘Superpower'
In a company-wide note, Huang encouraged employees to adopt Codex broadly, calling AI agents "teammates" that enhance productivity across roles, not just software engineering.
"Chatbots answer questions. Agents do work," Huang wrote in the email. "Let's jump to lightspeed. Welcome to the age of AI."
He also praised OpenAI for advancing generative AI, crediting GPT-style models with enabling reasoning, planning, and tool use in enterprise settings.
Nvidia Highlights Performance Gains With GPT-5.5
According to Nvidia, Codex runs on its GB200 NVL72 systems and delivers major efficiency improvements, including faster token processing and lower inference costs. The company said developers are seeing shorter debugging cycles and faster feature deployment, with some tasks dropping from days to hours.
OpenAI And Nvidia Deepen AI Partnership
In March, Huang suggested that the company's latest $30 billion investment in OpenAI could be its final major private funding round before the AI startup goes public.
Huang said he does not expect Nvidia to pursue a $100 billion investment in OpenAI, a figure previously discussed in a broader infrastructure partnership proposal in September.
He attributed the shift to OpenAI's expected initial public offering.
Huang also indicated that Nvidia's $10 billion investment in rival AI firm Anthropic is likely to be its last as well. Nvidia had previously announced plans to invest in Anthropic alongside Microsoft in November 2025.
Price Action: Nvidia closed at $199.64, down 1.41% on Thursday and was trading at $200.05 in pre-market, up 0.21%, according to Benzinga Pro.
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