OpenAI
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What is OpenAI?
A leading AI research and deployment company that created the GPT family of models and ChatGPT. They provide highly capable generalized models via API.
OpenAI is a major AI provider responsible for frontier models in the GPT family, along with dedicated reasoning models. Their models are deeply embedded in developer ecosystems and power countless AI coding tools, copilots, and autonomous agents.
How it relates to Orbit
Orbit can route coding work through Codex or a custom OpenAI-compatible API endpoint. See Complexity Tiers & Routing for details.
When you would use it
You integrate OpenAI when you need access to highly generalized, widely supported, and deeply integrated AI models with robust reasoning and coding capabilities.
Common operations
- Building natural language chatbots and tools using the OpenAI API.
- Generating and refactoring code using GPT-family models.