OpenAI says nearly all employees now use agents internally

The Register reported that OpenAI says 97.9% of its employees are now using agents internally. The company is presenting Codex and related tools as workplace surfaces beyond programming, not only developer automation. The number is self-reported, but it is still a useful adoption marker from one of the companies setting the agent narrative.

Key details: Published June 25, 2026 at 19:58 UTC, OpenAI says 97.9% of employees are using agents, The company is pitching Codex as useful outside developer-only work, The figure is an internal-adoption claim rather than an independent productivity study.

Why it matters: Internal agent adoption at OpenAI is a useful signal for how AI labs expect general workplace software to change.