# Altman’s Codex Poach Offer: Two Months Free for Switchers — Pricing Wars Go Agentic

Times of AI Desk · 2026-05-14 · Products

[https://timesof.ai/2026/05/openai-offers-two-months-free-codex-to-enterprises](https://timesof.ai/2026/05/openai-offers-two-months-free-codex-to-enterprises)

> Sam Altman offers companies switching to Codex two months free usage for 30 days — framed against Anthropic’s Agent SDK credit split. Coding-agent competition is now promotions and switching costs, not only benches; “best AI coding product” is CEO claim, not independent Elo.

Once engineering teams standardize on a coding agent, switching costs bite. OpenAI’s move is to **buy trials with free months** while rivals reprice programmatic agent use — economics as the battlefield, not a new model card.

**Sam Altman** (May 14, X): “Codex is the best AI coding product and we want to make it easy to try. For the next 30 days, we are giving companies that want to try switching over two months of free codex usage.” Target: engineering teams and enterprises evaluating or migrating from alternatives. Timing sits next to Anthropic’s May 13–14 shift of Agent SDK / programmatic use onto separate monthly credits.

## Offer shape

- **Window**: Sign up / switch within 30 days.
- **Benefit**: Two months free Codex usage for companies.
- **Framing**: Reduce switching costs for sticky coding workflows; related coverage notes migration tooling.
- **Competitive backdrop**: Anthropic separating agentic/programmatic usage from subscription rate limits.

## Claims vs checks

Offer text is **primary from Altman’s post**; Axios and Business Insider same-day coverage confirm timing vs Anthropic limit/credit changes. “Best AI coding product” is **CEO marketing** — not an Artificial Analysis or Arena result published with the tweet.

## Limits

- Eligibility and exact tier equivalence (Enterprise/Pro) are sales-path details.
- Two months free is promotional — post-trial pricing reverts.
- No published conversion metrics from the campaign.

## Sources

- Sam Altman X post (@sama, May 14, 2026).
- Axios: “Anthropic tightens Claude limits as OpenAI courts defectors” (May 14, 2026).
- Business Insider and related coverage (May 13–14, 2026).