• OpenAI published B2B Signals on May 6, 2026, flagging a widening performance gap as “frontier” enterprises at 95th percentile of usage consume 3.5x more AI “intelligence” per worker than typical firms, up from 2x in April 2025.
• Most of advantage reflects deeper, more complex workflows rather than higher activity, with message volume accounting for 36% of gap.
• Agentic and advanced tools emerged as key differentiator, with frontier firms sending 16x more Codex messages per worker than typical firms.
• Report pointed to operational playbook for laggards, centered on measuring depth of use, scaling governance for production deployments, expanding enablement, shifting from chat assistance toward delegated work via agents.

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