# Inside OpenAI's agentic software factory

DevFeed: [Inside OpenAI's agentic software factory](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/inside-openai-s-agentic-software-factory-26895.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/openai-software-factory>)

Author: Gergely Orosz

Published: 2026-09-15T15:41:25Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [The Pragmatic Engineer](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-pragmatic-engineer.md>)

Topics: [OpenAI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openai.md>), [codex](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/codex.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>)

Tags: [agentic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic.md>), [codex](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/codex.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [openai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>)

## AI overview

This article examines Codex's role at OpenAI, the lab's agentic software factory, and the engineering challenges associated with serving one billion users.

## Source excerpt

A deepdive into how Codex has "taken over" OpenAI, how the frontier lab builds its agentic software factory, and the engineering challenges of one billion users. Details from inside OpenAI