OpenAI launches Codex Micro, a $230 desktop keypad built in collaboration with keyboard maker Work Louder, with backlit keys, a rotary knob, and a tiny joystick (Megan Morrone/Axios)

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OpenAI opened orders for a dedicated Codex desktop keypad, signaling a push into physical controls for agentic coding workflows.

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<a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/07/15/openai-keyboard-codex-agents"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260715/i37.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260715/p37#a260715p37" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Megan Morrone / <a href="https://www.axios.com/">Axios</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/07/15/openai-keyboard-codex-agents">OpenAI launches Codex Micro, a $230 desktop keypad built in collaboration with keyboard maker Work Louder, with backlit keys, a rotary knob, and a tiny joystick</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; OpenAI opened orders Wednesday for Codex Micro &mdash; a limited-edition desktop keypad that lets agentmaxxers monitor and control their AI minions.</p>