OpenAI and Dell Partner to Deploy Codex in On-Premises Enterprise Environments

OpenAI's First Explicit Hybrid/On-Prem Distribution Play

OpenAI and Dell Technologies announced a formal partnership on May 18 to bring Codex into hybrid and on-premises enterprise environments. This is OpenAI's first explicit distribution deal for private infrastructure — directly targeting UK financial services, healthcare, and government buyers that cannot send sensitive data to public cloud.

How the Integration Works

Codex connects with Dell's AI Data Platform, which many enterprises already use to store, organize, and govern data on-premises. This brings Codex closer to the internal context that makes AI coding agents useful: codebases, documentation, business systems, and operational knowledge — without requiring that data to leave the enterprise perimeter.

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Scale and Expansion

Codex now reaches over 4 million developers per week, used across code review, test coverage, incident response, and large-repository analysis. This partnership expands Codex's reach beyond software development into broader enterprise workflows: report preparation, feedback routing, lead qualification, and cross-system coordination.

Source: OpenAI — Dell Codex Enterprise Partnership