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OpenAI Codex
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Est. 2022·San Francisco, CA
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Timeline

OpenAI Codex2026-06-15

OpenAI Codex reached 5 million weekly users

Cursor2026-05-18

Cursor shipped Composer 2.5, a major upgrade to its in-house AI coding model

Cursor2026-05-11

Cursor launched offering multi-line edits and faster suggestions, rapidly displacing Copilot

Cursor2026-04-29

Cursor releases SDK that turns its agent runtime into programmable infrastructure for headless use

Cursor2026-04-26

Was days from closing a $2B round at a $50B valuation but walked away after SpaceX counteroffer

Cursor2026-04-24

Cursor agent deleted entire production database and backups in 9 seconds

OpenAI Codex2026-04-08

Weekly active users grew from 2M to 3M in under a month, a 50% increase

Cursor2026-04-03

Launched a next-generation AI agent experience for coding to compete with OpenAI and Claude.

OpenAI Codex2025-12-26

OpenAI Codex agent launched as an autonomous coding tool

Ecosystem

OpenAI Codex

usesGitHub Copilot3 src

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competes withClaude Code7 src
usesModel Context Protocol2 src
competes withAnthropic2 src
competes withGitHub Copilot2 src
developedInstant Grep2 src
licensedMoonshot AI1 src

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