# AI's third era: the rise of persistent AI coworkers | Tara Seshan (Product Lead ChatGPT Work)

DevFeed: [AI's third era: the rise of persistent AI coworkers | Tara Seshan (Product Lead ChatGPT Work)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/ai-s-third-era-the-rise-of-persistent-ai-coworkers-tara-seshan-product-lead-chatgpt-work-40010.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/ais-third-era-the-rise-of-persistent>)

Author: Lenny Rachitsky

Published: 2026-08-30T12:31:30Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Lenny's Newsletter](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/lenny-s-newsletter.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [codex](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/codex.md>), [ChatGPT](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chatgpt.md>), [OpenAI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openai.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [chatgpt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chatgpt.md>), [codex](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/codex.md>), [openai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai.md>)

## AI overview

A podcast discussion with Tara Seshan, head of Codex and ChatGPT Work at OpenAI, about persistent AI coworkers, ambition as a differentiator, steering versus rowing, and building for expected model progress over the next two to three months.

## Source excerpt

Listen now | Tara Seshan, head of Codex and ChatGPT Work at OpenAI, on why ambition is now the differentiator, steering vs. rowing, and why you need to build for where the models will be in two to three months