内容来源：https://www.geekwire.com/2026/geekwire-podcast-on-location-at-openai-in-bellevue-with-cto-of-applications-vijaye-raji/

内容总结：

人工智能领军企业OpenAI近日在美国华盛顿州贝尔维尤市中心揭幕其旧金山总部之外的最大办公室。在开业活动中，GeekWire团队实地探访了这一新办公空间，并与OpenAI应用技术首席技术官维贾耶·拉吉进行了深度对话。

拉吉在访谈中分享了AI编码工具Codex如何重塑其工作模式：他本人已重新投入编程工作，通过自然语言指令驱动Codex自动完成编码任务，实现"会议间隙完成代码编写"的高效工作流。据其透露，采用Codex的团队代码产出效率提升2-3倍，该工具现已渗透至营销、销售等多业务领域。"很难想象再回到过去的编程方式，"拉吉强调，"这带来了根本性变革。"目前该领域已形成多元竞争格局，除OpenAI外，微软、亚马逊、谷歌等科技巨头均推出了同类AI编程助手。

位于贝尔维尤的新办公室被视作OpenAI全球扩张的样板。其选址考量凸显战略布局：既毗邻微软、亚马逊等合作伙伴，又共享太平洋时区优势，同时依托当地深厚的技术人才储备。目前该办公室已容纳基础设施、ChatGPT、广告合作等250名员工，未来可扩展至1400人规模。"若西雅图模式成功，我们将把这一范式复制到更多地区，"拉吉表示。

值得注意的是，办公空间设计融合了《广告狂人》风格与太平洋西北地区美学，开放式布局与多样化公共区域折射出企业文化的创新导向。拉吉将于3月24日在GeekWire举办的"变革先锋"人工智能大会上发表进一步演讲。

中文翻译：

OpenAI在华盛顿州贝尔维尤市中心开设了其旧金山总部之外的最大办公室，我们亲临盛大的开业现场，参观了办公空间，感受了整体氛围，并录制了本周的《极客线》播客节目。

在OpenAI的娱乐室中，我们交流了对办公室设计的观察——这里融合了《广告狂人》风格与太平洋西北地区美学，采用开放式平面布局并设有大量公共区域——试图解读这一切如何体现OpenAI的企业文化。

节目中还包含与前Statsig首席执行官、现任OpenAI应用技术总监维贾耶·拉吉的对话，我们探讨了Codex系统、基础设施、人才招聘，以及硅谷科技巨头在该地区的演进与发展。

在最后环节，《极客线》知识竞猜重磅回归，本期聚焦于最早在西雅图地区设立分支机构的科技巨头之一。

"难以想象回归传统模式"

与拉吉对话中最引人深思的时刻，是他描述OpenAI自研的Codex工具如何改变日常工作——如今他亲自回归软件开发，或者说至少是在引导软件自主编程。

"Codex让编程变得充满乐趣，"拉吉表示，"我重新开始写代码了。"

他描绘了全新的工作节奏："开会前向它下达一系列任务指令，会议结束后返回查看，它已完成工作，你只需进行审核，"他解释道，"这种感觉非常酷。"

拉吉透露，内部使用Codex的团队在代码产出效率上实现了2-3倍的提升。除工程领域外，该工具已渗透至市场营销、销售及运营部门。

"现在很难想象回归传统的编程方式，"他坦言，"这已然是根本性的变革。"

本周推出Windows应用的OpenAI Codex，正与GitHub Copilot（微软）、Amazon Q Developer、谷歌Gemini Code Assist、Anthropic的Claude Code等工具共同掀起AI编程浪潮，这些工具均承诺将大幅提升开发者的工作效率。

未来办公空间的范本

对于贝尔维尤办公室，拉吉视其为OpenAI全球扩张的潜在样板。毗邻旧金山总部、共享相同时区、紧邻合作伙伴微软与亚马逊，加之本地深厚的基础设施人才储备，使其成为理想的试验场。

"如果能在西雅图取得巨大成功，我们就能将这套模式复制到更多办公点，"他表示。

OpenAI目前在贝尔维尤拥有250名员工，未来可扩展至1400人规模。该办公室容纳了基础设施、ChatGPT、研究、广告及合作伙伴关系等多个团队。

拉吉将于3月24日在《极客线》"变革先锋"人工智能主题活动上发表演讲。更多信息与门票详情请关注官方渠道。

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OpenAI just opened its largest office outside San Francisco, in downtown Bellevue, Wash., and we were there for the grand opening to tour the space, check out the vibe, and record this week’s GeekWire Podcast.
Chatting inside the OpenAI game room, we share our observations about the Mad Men-meets-Pacific Northwest aesthetic — which features open floor plans and a wide variety of common areas — and try to figure out what it all says about OpenAI’s culture.
Plus, a conversation with Vijaye Raji, former Statsig CEO and now OpenAI’s CTO of applications, about Codex, infrastructure, hiring, and the evolution and growth of Silicon Valley tech giants in the region.
In our final segment, it’s the return of the GeekWire trivia challenge, with a question focusing on one of the earliest tech giants to establish an outpost in the Seattle area.
‘Hard to imagine going back’
One of the most interesting moments in the conversation with Raji came when he described how OpenAI’s own Codex tool has changed his day-to-day work, to the point where he’s personally making software again, or at least he’s prompting the software to make software.
“Codex has made coding a lot more delightful,” Raji said. “I’m back coding.”
He described a new daily rhythm: “Before you hop into a meeting, you ask it to go do a set of tasks, and then you jump into a meeting, and then when you come back, it’s done, and then you review it,” he said. “It’s so cool.”
Internally, Raji said teams using Codex are seeing 2-3x productivity gains in terms of code output. Beyond engineering, the tool has found its way into marketing, sales, and operations.
“It’s very hard for me to imagine going back to the way we used to write code anymore,” he said. “It’s fundamentally changed.”
OpenAI’s Codex, which got a Windows app this week, is part of an explosion of AI coding tools including GitHub Copilot (Microsoft), Amazon Q Developer, Google’s Gemini Code Assist, Anthropic’s Claude Code and others, all promising significant developer productivity gains.
A template for other OpenAI offices
As for the Bellevue office, Raji sees it as a potential model for OpenAI’s expansion elsewhere. The proximity to San Francisco headquarters, the shared time zone, the short distance from OpenAI partners Microsoft and Amazon, and the depth of local infrastructure talent make it an ideal test case.
“If we can make Seattle very, very successful, we can take that formula and apply it to more offices,” he said.
OpenAI currently has 250 employees in Bellevue, with room to grow to 1,400. The office houses teams working on infrastructure, ChatGPT, research, advertising, and partnerships.
Raji will be speaking at GeekWire’s AI event, Agents of Transformation, March 24. More info and tickets.
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Audio editing by Curt Milton.