major codec market – OpenAI said the adoption of its AI-powered coding tool Codex is growing rapidly in India. (Image: OpenAI) OpenAI has reported huge growth in the adoption of its AI-powered coding agent Codex in India, signaling the country’s growing role as a leading market for advanced artificial intelligence (AI) tools. According to the company, weekly active Codex users in India have grown 27x since the beginning of 2026, while daily interactions have grown more than 20x by the end of April.

“What’s exciting about India is that adoption isn’t just happening among software engineers. We’re seeing founders, operators, researchers, students and business teams use Codex to turn ideas into working results faster,” said Thomas Zeng, head of startup for Asia-Pacific at OpenAI.