OpenAI Launches Codex Cloud: Autonomous Coding Agents in the Cloud

OpenAI announced Codex Cloud, a cloud-based environment where AI coding agents run autonomously on software tasks. Users assign tasks via natural language; Codex reads code, writes implementations, runs test suites, and iterates until tests pass—all in isolated cloud environments. Multiple parallel agents can work simultaneously on different tasks. Beta users report completing full features in 1-3 hours that would take developers half a day. Codex Cloud integrates with GitHub, creating PRs automatically. Pricing: usage-based at $0.04-0.15 per task depending on complexity.