OpenAI turns its sold-out GPT-5.5 party into a monthlong Codex giveaway for 8,000 developers
OpenAI turns its sold-out GPT-5.5 party into a monthlong Codex giveaway for 8,000 developers
Publish Date: 2026-05-05 03:00:00
Source Domain: venturebeat.com
- Over 8,000 developers applied for the GPT-5.5 party, but not everyone could attend.
- As a gesture of appreciation, all applicants received a tenfold increase in Codex rate limits on their personal ChatGPT accounts until June 5.
- This offer aimed to incentivize extended usage and eventually increase subscriptions upon the limit reset.
- The main event, “GPT-5.5 on 5/5,” was an invite-only gathering planned by GPT-5.5 itself in San Francisco.
- The evening also saw Anthropic hosting its own developer event, highlighting the intense rivalry between Anthropic and OpenAI in the LLM industry.
- Anthropic recently surpassed OpenAI in global LLM revenue market share, driven by its superior revenue per active user and dominance in coding.
- Both companies are vying for developer loyalty and Wall Street funding, impacting the future of software development and the industry’s power dynamics.
