OpenAI Merges ChatGPT, Codex, and API Into Single Product Team

OpenAI has consolidated ChatGPT, Codex, and its developer-facing API into a single core product team, marking a major internal restructuring as the company accelerates toward autonomous agentic AI systems and eyes a potential initial public offering later this year. Co-founder and president Greg Brockman will lead the unified product strategy and infrastructure buildout.

The reorganization, announced in mid-May 2026, aims to streamline development across OpenAI's product lines and support a unified desktop application integrating the Atlas web browser. The move follows mounting competition from Google and Anthropic, whose Claude model had been gaining ground among developers. Reports from AI-focused social media and the Superintelligence AI newsletter noted that a major Codex model update now outperforms Claude for coding tasks, giving OpenAI a competitive edge in the developer tools space.

The restructuring comes amid executive turbulence. The heads of Sora and OpenAI's AI workspace for scientists both departed, and leadership roles shifted. Thibault Sottiaux, previously head of Codex, will now lead core product and platform teams. Nick Turley, formerly head of ChatGPT, moves to oversee enterprise products. John Ashley Hamilton, a former VP of Instagram, will lead the consumer product unit. COO Brad Lightcap was placed in charge of special projects in April 2026.

The consolidation signals OpenAI's shift from operating separate product divisions toward a more integrated approach, betting that unified development will accelerate its push into agentic AI while positioning the company favorably for its anticipated public market debut.