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Oracle and OpenAI weave ChatGPT, Codex into enterprise apps

The deal folds frontier AI models directly into business workflows rather than bolting on a chatbot, betting enterprises want agents, not another app.

• Oracle and OpenAI unveiled an expanded partnership at Oracle AI World in Las Vegas, embedding ChatGPT and Codex into Oracle's applications, data, and cloud infrastructure.
• Oracle builds the enterprise software (Fusion Applications, NetSuite) and cloud infrastructure that businesses use to run finance, HR, and operations; OpenAI supplies the frontier models and ChatGPT/Codex tools being woven into that stack.
• Four new offerings anchor the suite: Oracle AI Workspace (ChatGPT plugins for business workflows), Oracle AI Security Mesh (vulnerability testing via OpenAI cyber models), Oracle App Composer (no-code app building with Codex), and an SMB bundle with $12,000 in annual cloud credits.
• Oracle already has 130,000 active ChatGPT users and over 95,000 active Codex users internally, with its recruiting team cutting market-research prep from two-to-four days down to 15-20 minutes.
• Oracle is simultaneously diversifying its cloud infrastructure, adding Google TPUs, OpenAI's Jalapeño chip, and Cerebras hardware to OCI, with TPUs marking the first time Google's custom chips run on a rival hyperscaler.
• The announcement landed one day after Anthropic, OpenAI's chief rival, filed its S-1 toward an IPO, underscoring how enterprise distribution deals have become a key battleground among frontier AI labs.
• By fusing AI agents directly into the systems of record enterprises already run on, Oracle and OpenAI are betting that AI's enterprise value lies in replacing workflows, not just adding a chat interface on top of them.