# Inside OpenAI's in-house data agent

DevFeed: [Inside OpenAI's in-house data agent](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/inside-openai-s-in-house-data-agent-6472.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://openai.com/index/inside-our-in-house-data-agent>)

Published: 2026-01-29T10:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [OpenAI News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/openai-news.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [OpenAI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openai.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [datasets](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/datasets.md>), [codex](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/codex.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Data Science](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-science.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [Embeddings](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/embeddings.md>)

Tags: [agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [analysis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/analysis.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [business](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/business.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [codex](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/codex.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [data-science](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-science.md>), [datasets](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/datasets.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [embeddings](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/embeddings.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [gpt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gpt.md>), [memory](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/memory.md>), [openai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai.md>), [research](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research.md>)

## AI overview

OpenAI describes an internal AI data agent built with Codex, GPT-5, the Evals API, and the Embeddings API. The agent reasons over OpenAI's data, permissions, workflows, and organizational context, helping teams answer complex data questions and reach insights in minutes.

## Source excerpt

How OpenAI built an in-house AI data agent that uses GPT-5, Codex, and memory to reason over massive datasets and deliver reliable insights in minutes.