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How to Understand the Next Wave of AI Before Everyone Else | Tibo InterviewMatthew Berman24 Aug 2026
A pet feature that shows on screen and in video calls. Tibo calls it delightful but not mission-critical.
Codex Pets at a glance
- What is Codex Pets?
- Codex Pets is an app from OpenAI. Optional on-screen pet companion feature in OpenAI's Codex coding agent, reportedly also shown in video calls.
- Who makes Codex Pets?
- Codex Pets is made by OpenAI.
- Does Codex Pets work in the EU?
- Available in the EU. Codex is offered under OpenAI's Europe Terms of Use (OpenAI Ireland Ltd for EEA residents), with GDPR DPA and data residency options for business products. No pet-specific EU restriction was found. Last verified 14 Nov 2026.
- How much does Codex Pets cost?
- Freemium. No separate pricing found for pets. Codex is included in ChatGPT plans (Plus, Pro, Business, Edu, Enterprise); API key use is also possible. Licence: Apache-2.0 (Codex CLI repository).
- Where was Codex Pets shown?
- In 1 creator video by Matthew Berman. Most recently by Matthew Berman on 24 Aug 2026, at 35:06 in “How to Understand the Next Wave of AI Before Everyone Else | Tibo Interview”.
Sources: the vendor's own pages (linked above) and creator videos at the linked timestamps. EU status is information, not legal advice; see how we check.
About
Codex Pets is a small companion feature associated with OpenAI's Codex, the coding agent available in ChatGPT, the terminal CLI, IDE extensions and a desktop app. According to a YouTube interview with an OpenAI representative (Tibo), the pet appears on screen and in video calls; he described it as delightful but not mission-critical. The provided official pages do not document the feature in detail, so specifics of its behaviour are not confirmed here.
Codex itself is built for engineering work such as bug fixing, refactors, feature development, code review and running multiple agents in parallel, locally or in cloud environments. The pet is a cosmetic add-on rather than a coding capability.
Codex is included in ChatGPT plans (Plus, Pro, Business, Edu, Enterprise) and can also be used with an API key. The Codex CLI is open source under Apache-2.0. The licence applies to the repository, and it is not confirmed that the pet feature is part of that code.
Key features
- On-screen pet companion reported by an OpenAI representative
- Reportedly also shown in video calls
- Part of the Codex ecosystem (desktop app, CLI, IDE, cloud)
- Cosmetic feature, not a core coding capability
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