CEO spent $13,000 on Codex but still stays 'very nice' to AI

Dan Shipper, CEO of Every, says he doesn't write many routine emails. He uses OpenAI's Codex to read his inbox, check his calendar, propose meeting times, and draft responses; the tool does not send messages without his approval, and much of the scheduling correspondence around his interview was generated by AI.

He's considering changing the "From:" field to indicate when messages are drafted with his agent's help. Shipper spent about $13,000 on his personal Codex overages last month, which earned him "side eye" from his COO, Brandon Gell, he said. At Every, all 27 full-time employees get $20-a-month subscriptions, technical workers get $200-a-month plans, and the company covers overages — token budgets are treated like other employee costs such as health insurance or company-issued laptops.

"As long as you don't spend so much money that we go bankrupt, we'll be fine," he said.

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