OpenAI ships hardware but it's just a $230 keypad
openai and work louder launched the $230 codex micro, a physical keypad for monitoring ai coding agents. it signals openai's tangible move into physical ai interfaces beyond the rumored jony ive device.
openai released its first physical hardware product, the codex micro, a $230 collaboration with keyboard maker work louder designed to control the company's coding agents. the device features 13 programmable keys, a joystick, and a dial, allowing users to visually track agent status via led colors and execute commands like accepting edits or initiating workflows. while this is a limited run available via supply co, it highlights openai's strategy to build dedicated tooling for agent management. this move stands apart from the company's primary consumer device project with jony ive, which remains in development amid recent allegations of trade secret theft from apple.