OpenAI on June 2 unveiled six role-specific plugins for its Codex agent, expanding the tool from a developer utility into knowledge-worker automation: data analytics, creative production, sales, product design, public equity investing, and investment banking. The finance-facing plugins connect institutional data feeds from Moody’s, FactSet, LSEG, S&P, PitchBook, Daloopa, Datasite, and Hebbia to automate tasks such as earnings analysis, pitchbook preparation, and financial modeling — no coding required. OpenAI said Codex now has over five million weekly active users, up more than sixfold since its desktop app launched in February; knowledge workers account for roughly 20% of users and are growing three times faster than the developer segment. The company also announced that Codex will be integrated directly into ChatGPT, and introduced “Sites,” a feature that turns Codex outputs into shareable interactive web apps via partners including Wix, Figma, Replit, and Lovable.
More plugins are in active development, including corporate finance, private equity investing, marketing strategy, strategy consulting, and legal — the legal vertical being led by Jason Boehmig, founder of contract management company Ironclad, who joined OpenAI specifically for the role. The moves come one month after Anthropic launched ten specialized financial services agents targeting banking, insurance, and asset management workflows, and as both companies race to build enterprise revenue ahead of anticipated IPOs in 2026. Bloomberg described the dynamic as OpenAI competing directly with Anthropic for business customers. OpenAI is also building an open ecosystem that lets third-party developers publish their own plugins within Codex and ChatGPT, signaling a broader intent to position the platform as an enterprise workflow layer rather than a standalone tool.