OpenAI and AWS Expand Partnership, Bringing GPT-5.5 and Codex to Amazon Bedrock
Summary
OpenAI and AWS are expanding their strategic partnership, bringing GPT-5.5 and Codex to Amazon Bedrock in limited preview, enabling enterprises to deploy advanced AI models and agents within AWS security frameworks while counting usage toward cloud commitments.
Key Points
- OpenAI and AWS are expanding their strategic partnership, launching three new capabilities in limited preview: OpenAI models on AWS, Codex on AWS, and Amazon Bedrock Managed Agents powered by OpenAI.
- OpenAI's frontier models, including GPT-5.5, are now available on Amazon Bedrock, while Codex — used by over 4 million people weekly — can now be powered by models served directly from Bedrock, allowing usage to count toward AWS cloud commitments.
- Amazon Bedrock Managed Agents, powered by OpenAI, enables enterprises to deploy advanced AI agents that handle multi-step workflows, tool use, and orchestration within AWS security and compliance frameworks, accelerating the path from prototype to production.