About the Talk

Codex started as a coding tool for developers, but is quickly becoming an indispensable tool for everyone who does work on a computer.

In this OpenAI Forum session, Thibault Sottiaux, Head of Codex, will join us for a conversation and audience Q&A on how Codex is evolving, what the team is learning from users, and why agentic tools matter beyond software engineering. This session is for anyone who wants to work smarter, evolve their professional skills in the era of AI, and create more space for the professional and personal activities that bring fulfillment.

We’ll share how Codex can help leaders, researchers, educators, small business owners, and other professionals break down complex tasks, produce useful first drafts, and create more time for other parts of their work and lives.

About the Speakers

Thibault “Tibo” Sottiaux is a Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI, where he leads Codex, OpenAI’s software engineering agent. His work focuses on building AI systems that can help developers understand codebases, complete real engineering tasks, and collaborate more effectively across the software development lifecycle. Before OpenAI, Tibo was at Google DeepMind, where he led human data work for Gemini and built AI/ML workflow infrastructure for DeepMind research. Earlier in his career, he worked as a software engineer at Google and in applied research roles across decision-making, predictive modeling, and database systems. He holds degrees in computer science, computational mathematics, and applied mathematics from Université catholique de Louvain.

Chris V. Nicholson serves on OpenAI’s Global Affairs team, where he uses data and storytelling to document major AI use cases and support the company’s economic research. He co-founded the deep learning company Skymind (Y Combinator W16), which created the open-source AI framework Eclipse Deeplearning4j. He previously reported for the New York Times and Bloomberg News. Born in Montana, he now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his family.