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Razorpay, India’s omnichannel payments platform, has announced a collaboration with OpenAI to integrate its payment solutions directly into Codex, OpenAI’s AI-powered coding platform.
The integration allows developers to embed payments in their apps in under five minutes.
With this integration, developers using Codex can move from concept to revenue quickly. By enabling Razorpay’s MCP Server within Codex, developers can instruct the AI to create an app and automatically set up payment collection through Razorpay, without needing to manually implement payment infrastructure.
For example, a developer could prompt Codex with: “Build me an AI-powered fitness coaching app and help me collect payments via Razorpay.” Codex will generate the app and configure Razorpay’s payment gateway to handle transactions and checkout flows automatically.
In addition to Codex, Razorpay is also bringing payments management to ChatGPT. Businesses can install the Razorpay app from ChatGPT’s app directory and manage payments through conversational prompts, such as matching transactions with bank statements, tracking refunds, or checking settlements.
Shashank Kumar, Co-founder and MD of Razorpay, said, “Our vision is simple: if AI makes it effortless to build, Razorpay should make it effortless to earn. By bringing Razorpay directly into Codex, the moment a developer creates something valuable, they can start charging for it immediately.”
Oliver Jay, Managing Director, International, OpenAI, noted that Codex adoption in India has grown rapidly, with weekly users increasing fourfold in February alone. He added that integrating Razorpay into Codex allows developers to go from idea to revenue in a single workflow.
The launch is part of Razorpay’s broader push to enable AI-driven commerce. The company has also worked with OpenAI and the National Payments Corporation of India to introduce agentic payments, allowing AI systems to securely initiate and complete financial transactions on behalf of users.
Razorpay, founded in 2014 by IIT Roorkee alumni Shashank Kumar and Harshil Mathur, provides comprehensive payment and banking solutions to businesses across India and has been backed by several angel investors and Y Combinator.
The integration allows developers to embed payments in their apps in under five minutes.
With this integration, developers using Codex can move from concept to revenue quickly. By enabling Razorpay’s MCP Server within Codex, developers can instruct the AI to create an app and automatically set up payment collection through Razorpay, without needing to manually implement payment infrastructure.
For example, a developer could prompt Codex with: “Build me an AI-powered fitness coaching app and help me collect payments via Razorpay.” Codex will generate the app and configure Razorpay’s payment gateway to handle transactions and checkout flows automatically.
In addition to Codex, Razorpay is also bringing payments management to ChatGPT. Businesses can install the Razorpay app from ChatGPT’s app directory and manage payments through conversational prompts, such as matching transactions with bank statements, tracking refunds, or checking settlements.
Shashank Kumar, Co-founder and MD of Razorpay, said, “Our vision is simple: if AI makes it effortless to build, Razorpay should make it effortless to earn. By bringing Razorpay directly into Codex, the moment a developer creates something valuable, they can start charging for it immediately.”
Oliver Jay, Managing Director, International, OpenAI, noted that Codex adoption in India has grown rapidly, with weekly users increasing fourfold in February alone. He added that integrating Razorpay into Codex allows developers to go from idea to revenue in a single workflow.
The launch is part of Razorpay’s broader push to enable AI-driven commerce. The company has also worked with OpenAI and the National Payments Corporation of India to introduce agentic payments, allowing AI systems to securely initiate and complete financial transactions on behalf of users.
Razorpay, founded in 2014 by IIT Roorkee alumni Shashank Kumar and Harshil Mathur, provides comprehensive payment and banking solutions to businesses across India and has been backed by several angel investors and Y Combinator.
