Release2026-09-29

Baseten is partnering with OpenAI. OpenAI enterprise customers can now use open models served by Baseten in Codex. The same models are available via the Responses API. Organizations can route tasks to the best-fit model across open and closed options. Blaxel has joined Baseten to add agent sandboxing. Open models launch on Baseten the day they ship. Deployments run on US-based infrastructure with zero data retention by default. Customers can pin deployments to specific regions for compliance. Forward-deployed engineers tune latency targets for each customer. Access requires signing up on OpenAI’s interest list.

What changed

Open models were not available via OpenAI Codex or the Responses API.

What it unlocks

Using existing OpenAI spending commitments for open models served by Baseten.

What you need to act on it

  • an OpenAI enterprise plan
  • customer interest list signup

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