OpenAI's Codex adds 6 job-specific plugins for knowledge workers

OpenAI is doubling down on enterprise AI with a major update to its Codex agentic platform. On Tuesday, the company released six job-specific plugins designed for knowledge workers in data analytics, creative production, sales, product design, equity investing, and investment banking. Each plugin bundles custom integrations, instructions, and context to make Codex effective out of the box, though users can further tailor them. The move comes alongside an internal report showing Codex now has 5 million weekly active users — up 6x since February — and while developers remain the largest group, knowledge workers now make up 20% of users and are growing more than three times as fast.

To make these plugins more useful, OpenAI also launched a Sites feature that lets Codex output its work as a hosted interactive website rather than a local file. Initial partnerships include Wix, Base44, Replit, Lovable, Figma, and Emergent, with plans for a broader ecosystem. A new Annotations feature allows users to highlight specific parts of a document for more precise commands and context operations. These enterprise features follow the recent launch of the OpenAI Deployment Company, a $4 billion joint venture aimed at integrating OpenAI tools deeply into business workflows. Together, these moves signal a strategic pivot: OpenAI is no longer just a consumer AI company but is aggressively courting white-collar professionals with specialized, agentic tools.