OpenAI coding agents achieve 3.1x research throughput per human workday
September 9, 2026
OpenAI coding agents now perform 3.1 workdays of automated research for every one human workday. This represents a significant increase in agentic research capacity for software development tasks.
HOW THIS AFFECTS YOU
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builderYou can leverage agents to automate multi-day research cycles.
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founderThis enables much faster engineering velocity with smaller teams.