Gondola Doubles Revenue as OpenAI Tools Lift Engineering Output 25%
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Updated · OpenAI · Nov 12
Gondola Doubles Revenue as OpenAI Tools Lift Engineering Output 25%
1 articles · Updated · OpenAI · Nov 12
Summary
Revenue at Gondola has more than doubled year over year after the company adopted OpenAI tools, while engineering output rose about 25% across the team with no added headcount.
Codex let non-engineering staff prototype features before handing them to developers, cutting days or weeks from builds; the lead engineer's monthly shipping output climbed about 50% in merged changes.
Programs and a World Cup Creator Map were built and launched faster through that workflow, with Gondola saying both shipped with fewer bugs and more polish than a hand-coded process likely would have delivered.
ChatGPT also took on operational work by generating daily reports and pulling data from Gmail, Calendar, Asana, Slack and QuickBooks, reducing hours of manual preparation.
Since adopting Codex in early 2026, Gondola says the added capacity has helped brands hire 2.5 times as many creators year over year and could next extend to contracts, budgets and payments.