Overview
- OpenAI began selling the Codex Micro after announcing it on Wednesday, July 15, as a $230 limited-run macropad co-developed with Work Louder and available through the company's Supply Co storefront.
- The device has 13 mechanical switches, six illuminated 'agent' keys that show live thread status, a joystick, a rotary dial, a touch sensor, and a set of 32 swappable Codex icon keycaps.
- Codex-specific integrations let the agent keys monitor and switch between agents, the joystick launch common workflows like PR review or debugging, and the dial adjust an agent’s reasoning level in real time via the ChatGPT desktop app.
- OpenAI frames the Micro as a power-user desktop accessory distinct from its longer-term consumer hardware project with Jony Ive’s io team, and the company calls the product a limited-run collaboration rather than a mass-market device.
- The launch follows rapid Codex adoption—OpenAI reports roughly 8–9 million users—and comes after Apple filed a lawsuit alleging misuse of hardware trade secrets, claims OpenAI rejects while it expands Codex and its hardware experiments.