Codex leads the way, taking shape within a few months: OpenAI co-founders detail the first-ever roadmap for OpenAI super applications

According to 1M AI News monitoring, OpenAI CEO and co-founder Greg Brockman, in an interview on the Big Technology Podcast, was the first to describe in detail the specific form and implementation path of a super app. The app will combine ChatGPT, the AI programming platform Codex, and the AI browser Atlas into a single unified entry point, aiming to let users「directly ask for anything they want their computer to do.」

Brockman positions it as「personal AGI」—a personal assistant that understands users’ preferences, aligns with their goals, and can represent them in handling matters in the digital world. He revealed that the first step is to expand the existing Codex app so it is not only for programmers, but also supports general knowledge work. He said this work builds on the general Agent foundation that Codex already has, connecting tools such as spreadsheets and documents:「A Codex app is essentially two things combined: a general Agent foundation plus a code-writing Agent. That general foundation can be used in so many places.」

Inside OpenAI, there have already been many spontaneous examples of using Codex to handle non-programming tasks—for instance, the communications team uses it to connect Slack and email to synthesize feedback. The entire super app plan will be rolled out in stages over the coming months; it will not be released all at once. The standalone mobile app for ChatGPT will remain unchanged, and the merging will apply only to the desktop version.

This strategy also implicitly reflects a battle over resources. Brockman admitted that OpenAI’s current compute power「is not enough to support both the personal assistant and the Codex tracks,」so it cannot simultaneously back more application lines—this is the fundamental reason behind shutting down Sora and scaling back product lines. He described it as「a recognition of technological maturity and the massive influence that is about to come」rather than simply shifting from the consumer side to the enterprise side.