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Codex

OpenAI's coding agent. It works on a repository, carries out tasks on its own and proposes the result as a pull request.

first seen 11 Jun 2026

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56mentions
23creators
98%organic
1×sponsored

Who actually uses Codex

From tracked mentions across YouTube, podcasts, X and newsletters. Active = mentioned in the last 120 days.

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Gayatri Agrawal, Founder of Altrd, explains how businesses use ChatGPT and Codex to uncover hidden revenue
Think School·VideoOrganicsource
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In this episode, we sit down with Gayatri Agrawal, Founder of AI-native service provider Altrd, to understand how busine
Think School·VideoOrganicsource
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Both are now three tools in one: chat, an agent that does your work (Cowork / Work), and a build side
Unlike CLI tools like Claude Code or Codex where you're blindly trusting the agent
Tech With Tim·VideoOrganicsource
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Quickly trying the new voice workflow in Codex
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How OpenAI uses Codex
ByteByteGo·VideoOrganicsource
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I show you the free open-source versions that replaced a big chunk of that bill — and exactly how to install each one in
You should be using AI-generated code from Claude Code, Codex, and Grok to build test harnesses
Theo Browne·VideoOrganicsource
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Working in a Jupyter notebook in PyCharm, the Codex agent handles the data cleaning
Tech With Tim·VideoOrganicsource
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GPT-5.6 Sol is genuinely better in Claude Code than Codex.
Theo Browne·VideoOrganicsource
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OpenAI just combined ChatGPT, Codex, their browser, and ChatGPT Work into one platform.
Matt Wolfe·VideoSponsoredsource
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you want them in both Codex and Claude Code
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The appeal was always that Codex wasn't ChatGPT, so merging the two makes no sense.
Theo Browne·VideoOrganicsource
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Recent OpenAI updates combine ChatGPT, Codex, and GPT-5.6 into ChatGPT Work, enabling long-running workflows
Ishan Sharma·VideoOrganicsource
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Codex is OpenAI's answer to Claude Code — and most people have no idea how much it can actually do.
Tech With Tim·VideoOrganicsource
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The Codex app is now ChatGPT
Theo Browne·VideoOrganicsource
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OpenAI is combining ChatGPT, Codex, and their AI browser into 1 app.
Matt Wolfe·VideoOrganicsource
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the new ChatGPT Work app that will be merging Codex and ChatGPT capabilities
ChatGPT and Codex into one product with three modes: Chat, Work, and Code.
I put them head to head in Codex and Claude Code on browser games, interactive websites
Running on Ultra inside Codex, it researched the launch
developers to use with Codex and created in partnership with mechanical keyboard maker
Matt Wolfe·VideoOrganicsource
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I jump between Runway, Seed Dance 2.0, Gemini, Veo 3.1, Remotion, and Codex throughout.
Matt Wolfe·VideoOrganicsource
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orchestrate cheaper models like Codex and GPT-5.5
Theo Browne·VideoOrganicsource
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reuse those same connections across Claude Code, Codex, and any new machine
Tech With Tim·VideoOrganicsource
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This was a crazy productivity hacks with Codex 🤯
AI coding with tools like Claude Code and Codex has five levels
Cole Medin·VideoOrganicsource
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We also compare the Deep Code CLI against alternative options like Cloud Code and Codex.
The ultimate guide to Codex from OpenAI. If you use ChatGPT, you should be using Codex.
Futurepedia·VideoOrganicsource
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I also compare #GeminiSpark to Claude Cowork and Codex so you know which tool to reach for
Jeff Su·VideoOrganicsource
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Is there a newer or better tool?

No tracked creator has switched away from Codex. Here are the other tools creators reach for in Developer Tools.

FAQ

Do creators actually use Codex, or is it sponsored?+

Of 56 tracked Codex mentions with receipts, 55 are organic (genuine workflow use), 1 sponsored — 98% organic. Every mention is labelled by source, and payment never changes the ranking.