Launching a new Codex Cloud, much improved from last year. With configurable cloud environments, it’s impossible to go back to building on your laptop once you’ve taken the time to configure it. Agents API, the same tech powering all our cloud agents, including dots, is also now in preview and supports computer use. It allows you to build the same incredible products we are making available today.

Today is a big day, the pinnacle of my career so far. This year, I shipped Codex Connectors, giving Codex ways to interact with the world. Then I worked on Codex Remote, so you could keep working on the go. And finally, we rebuilt Codex Cloud from scratch to free you from your laptop completely. There’s still a lot to build, but the team has been cooking nonstop for the last 45 days to put the foundation in place and get us this far. I’m incredibly excited for everything that comes next. Today is liberation day!

Start a task in the cloud, then follow its progress and steer Codex from your phone or another computer, even with your laptop off. We’re also bringing the familiar desktop app experience to web and mobile.

I can’t stress enough how little an idea matters compared to the agency of the people executing the idea. I have had the privilege of knowing and sometimes even working with some of the most successful people (by various metrics). The difference between mediocre and excellent work and outcomes is predominantly one of agency. In practice this means: they dont wait for things to happen to them they go out and make things happen for them. They don’t wait for someone else to do something, for someone to teach them, for someone to give them the path, etc. They just go out and find a way to do it. I think the single biggest superpower these people have is the realization/belief that the world around them is completely mutable. Most everything that happens is because a person made it happen. I used to tell people to look around the room you’re sitting in. Look at everything. Every noun. It almost all exists because a person willed it into existence. Nothing is stopping you from doing the same. I see people online all the time dismissing someone else’s success because “I had that idea first” or whatever. I mean… yeah? If so then the difference is… you. So a bit of a self own whenever I hear that. Number one tip: act with agency.

Today we're launching the Agents API, a brand new way to build Agents in the cloud, backed by the Codex harness. Bring along all your favorite tools and connectors, connect it to any sandbox, and let Astra cook. Can't wait to see what you whip up 👨‍🍳