Atlassian and OpenAI have extended their partnership so that OpenAI frontier models — including GPT‑6 Astra and the GPT‑5.6 series — will power agents across Atlassian’s platform and in Rovo. The expanded deal combines capabilities from both companies to give joint customers additional ways to use Atlassian products together with OpenAI intelligence.
Rovo and the Teamwork Graph
Under the agreement, OpenAI frontier models will drive agents on Atlassian’s platform and in Rovo. Rovo links OpenAI’s models with Atlassian’s Teamwork Graph, a corporate context layer that connects people, projects, documents and decisions, giving the AI a deeper understanding of how a company operates.
Background and internal adoption
This expansion builds on a collaboration that began in 2023. Atlassian is also increasing its internal use of Codex and ChatGPT Enterprise: more than 3,000 Atlassian developers use Codex across terminals, IDEs and code review workflows. Through Atlassian plugins powered by the Teamwork Graph, Codex users can access relevant work items and technical documentation to help write, test and ship software.
Access to latest models and ongoing improvements
The agreement provides Atlassian with expanded access to OpenAI’s latest frontier models, including GPT‑6 Astra and the GPT‑5.6 series, as OpenAI continues to advance model capabilities, efficiency and price‑performance.
Bringing intelligence into everyday tools
The companies aim to bring frontier intelligence into the tools businesses already use so AI agents become a natural part of how teams get work done. For example, a product manager preparing for a launch could ask Rovo whether the team is on track. Drawing on the Teamwork Graph, Rovo can connect Jira tickets, Confluence documents and relevant discussions to identify engineering blockers, flag missed milestones and surface decisions that need attention. OpenAI models then turn that information into a clear assessment of launch readiness and recommended next steps, reducing the time teams spend assembling scattered information.
Integrations and workflow access
The collaboration extends beyond Atlassian’s own products. Through the Atlassian and Teamwork Graph CLI plugins for ChatGPT and Codex, customers can connect ChatGPT and Codex to existing workflows, giving AI access to project information, documentation and development context, subject to appropriate permissions.
Atlassian recently launched a plugin extension that brings Jira work items, Confluence content and people directly into ChatGPT and Codex prompts. Its pinned Atlassian Home also surfaced assigned work, recent Looms, projects and Bitbucket pull requests to help teams access relevant context and act.
Future directions: deeper Jira integrations and measurement
The companies are exploring deeper Jira integrations to make it easier for teams to assign work to AI agents, track progress, capture decisions and review results. Combined with DX, Atlassian’s platform for measuring developer productivity and engineering performance, these capabilities could help engineering leaders measure AI’s impact on development speed, cycle time and developer experience while keeping humans in control.
Summary
The expanded agreement means Atlassian customers will have more direct and deeper access to OpenAI frontier model capabilities within Atlassian products and Rovo, while Atlassian continues to grow its own AI usage in Codex and ChatGPT Enterprise.
