OpenAI
Scaling fastAmong 4,995 cached profiles observed, OpenAI added 237 net over 90 days — 239 joins against just 2 departures — but those two exits were the Chief Commercial Officer and COO. Operations is now the largest function (514 headcount, surpassing engineering's 506), absorbing much of the incoming talent. Five VP-level hires span sales, finance, applied AI, partnerships, and national security; the VP Sales EMEA came from SpaceXAI, while feeder companies include Meta (15), Google (14), and Databricks (8). The scale-up reflects enterprise and government expansion, even as senior commercial leadership turned over.
- +5% of watched staff
- Net headcount · 90d
- +239
- mostly Engineering
- New hires · 90d
- 239
- none
- Departures · 90d
- 0
- quiet
- Leadership moves · 90d
- 0
Figures cover the 4,995 OpenAI employees Inkling watches — a slice of a company of roughly 9,853, not company-wide totals.
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Hiring paceCooling
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Notable moves
Hires, exits and promotions over the last 90 days — by role and function.
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73 people joined Engineering Aggregate
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72 people joined Aggregate
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12 people joined Aggregate
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Net change by function, last 90 days.
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Talent flow
Which companies OpenAI hires from — and loses people to — over the last 90 days.
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