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OpenAI frontier models and Codex are now available on AWS

OpenAI just removed friction from enterprise adoption. Frontier models now ship through AWS—no separate procurement, no new vendor dance.

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Why it matters

OpenAI's models are now available directly through AWS marketplaces, eliminating procurement friction for enterprises already embedded in AWS ecosystems. This is a distribution play that accelerates time-to-production for a massive installed base.

The key facts

5 to know
  1. OpenAI frontier models available on AWS

  2. Codex now generally available on AWS

  3. Integrated with AWS environments, controls, and procurement workflows

  4. Evaluation-to-production acceleration for enterprises

  5. Published June 1, 2026

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Publisher excerpt: OpenAI frontier models and Codex are now generally available on AWS, giving enterprises a new path to build with OpenAI through the AWS environments, controls, and procurement workflows they already use. Customers can get started with OpenAI on AWS and move faster from evaluation to production.
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