OpenAI Models, Codex, and Managed Agents Now Available on AWS
Key Points
- GPT-5.5 and OpenAI models available on Amazon Bedrock
- Codex now accessible for 4M+ weekly users via AWS
- Managed Agents with built-in enterprise governance
Summary
OpenAI and AWS have expanded their strategic partnership to bring OpenAI's frontier models, Codex, and managed agents to Amazon Bedrock. This integration enables enterprises to build and deploy advanced AI capabilities within their existing AWS infrastructure, security protocols, and compliance frameworks.
Key Points
- OpenAI Models on Bedrock: GPT-5.5 and other frontier models are now available on Amazon Bedrock, allowing developers to build AI applications alongside existing AWS services and security controls
- Codex Integration: Over 4 million weekly users can now access Codex for code generation, refactoring, testing, and document-based workflows directly through Bedrock via CLI, desktop app, and VS Code extension
- Managed Agents: Amazon Bedrock Managed Agents powered by OpenAI enable enterprises to deploy production-ready agents that handle multi-step workflows, tool orchestration, and governance with built-in AWS security integration
- Enterprise Benefits: Single procurement path, unified billing with AWS commitments, enterprise-grade security, and streamlined deployment from experimentation to production
- Availability: All three capabilities launched in limited preview on April 28, 2026