The small business is the agent's first real market. chatgpt work and codex agent tokens made up…
the small business is the agent's first real market. chatgpt work and codex agent tokens made up two-thirds of small-business token output by august, up from one-third in april, and small businesses use agents at least three times more than large enterprises in finance, accounting, supply chain, legal and marketing.
the adoption curve is upside down.
Context
Verified source: OpenAI's report Small Businesses, Bigger Capabilities (Sep 2026) says two thirds of all small-business output tokens were agentic output tokens. CellCog's summary says the share was two-thirds in August, double the April share.
AI For Business (Oct 1) says OpenAI data shows agentic AI hit two-thirds of SMB output tokens by August.
The two-thirds by August and the doubling since April match OpenAI's report as summarised. The specific products, ChatGPT work and Codex agent tokens, and the claim that small businesses use agents at least three times more than large enterprises in finance, accounting, supply chain, legal and marketing, were not seen in the sources read, so unsupported here, not refuted. in the excerpts read. The report is from OpenAI, which sells the product. 'The adoption curve is upside down' is the author's opinion.
Related work
- From assistance to execution: How enterprises put AI to work, OpenAI ↗Aug 12, 2026.
- OpenAI report ↗Sep 2026.
- CellCog summary ↗Sep 30, 2026.
Watch next
- Read the OpenAI report for the comparison between small businesses and large enterprises.
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