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Aug 31, 2026 45 min

Inside OpenAI’s Codex With Andrew Ambrosino

from AppStories Hosted by Federico Viticci, John Voorhees

This week on AppStories, Federico and John are joined by Andrew Ambrosino, the Codex team lead at OpenAI, to talk about the evolution of Codex, the unification of ChatGPT and Codex, Computer Use and Computer History, designing for user trust, and more. On AppStories+, Andrew shares some of his favorite Mac apps and his Mac origin story. Also available on YouTube here. Subscribe here. We deliver AppStories+ to subscribers with bonus content, ad-free, and at a high bitrate early every week. To learn more about an AppStories+ subscription, visit our Plans page, or read the AppStories+ FAQ. This episode is sponsored by: Finalist – A paper-inspired daily planner with notes for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and now Apple Watch. A day you design your way. For 50% off your first year use this link. Links and Show Notes Inside OpenAI’s Codex With Andrew Ambrosino Introducing the Codex App (OpenAI) Codex CLI (GitHub) Codex Documentation (OpenAI Developers) ChatGPT Desktop App ChatGPT Work ChatGPT Is Now a Partner for Your Most Ambitious Work (OpenAI) Introducing ChatGPT Atlas (OpenAI) OpenAI Codex Lead on the New Shape of Product Work (Lenny’s Newsletter) Follow Andrew Ambrosino online Website X.com AppStories+ Post-Show Apps Mentioned: Things Craft Linear Sketch Figma Numbers Keynote Leave Feedback for John and Federico AppStories Feedback Form Follow us on Social Media Federico is @viticci everywhere John is @johnvoorhees`everywhere Join Annual $50/yearJoin Monthly $5/month

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Inside OpenAI’s Codex With Andrew Ambrosino

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  1. 0:00 An Inteview with Andrew Ambrosino of OpenAI
  2. 1:42 A Codex History Lesson
  3. 5:36 From the Terminal to an App
  4. 18:05 Sponsor: Finalist 4.0
  5. 19:32 Building User Trust
  6. 22:48 Unifying ChatGPT and Codex
  7. 27:28 Super Apps
  8. 30:45 Everybondy is Building Everything

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