i think this is what tibo is talking about.
openai bought ona to move codex from local machines into secure, persistent cloud environments. the announcement literally calls it “the next phase of codex” and says agents will keep working after your laptop is closed. tibo himself is quoted in that announcement.
then look at the role openai is hiring for right now.
“software engineer, cloud agents.”
the team is building orchestration, sandboxing, storage, identity, observability and cost controls for long-running agents. the job says they will design systems for “orchestrating agents at scale” across codex, chatgpt and the api.
so when tibo says codex will look primitive in 2 to 3 months because the next generation needs more than your laptop, i think he means one model will be able to create the cloud organization required to finish a goal.
separate computers. separate agents. shared memory. tools. permissions. days of uninterrupted work.
your laptop becomes the control screen for a temporary ai company.
First image is ona second is the job.