12:28 PM EDT, 06/02/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Microsoft ( MSFT )-backed (MSFT) OpenAI is expanding its AI coding agent with new tools aimed at professions beyond software engineering as it seeks to attract more business customers, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing an event presentation.

The company introduced plugins for its Codex agent to field tasks related to public equity investment, banking and sales, among other areas, the report said.

OpenAI plans to add plugins for legal and corporate finance and to integrate Codex into its flagship chatbot, the report said.

OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment by MT Newswires.

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