OpenAI
Scaling fastAmong 2,500 cached profiles observed, OpenAI added five VP-level B2B-focused roles in the past 90 days—spanning AI deployment engineering, industry verticals, content marketing, strategy, and events—signaling a concerted enterprise push. The company promoted its VP Marketing for ChatGPT to Interim CMO for Consumer & Hardware, consolidating consumer-side leadership. On the inbound side, AWS supplied five hires, with Meta and Microsoft each contributing two, pointing to hyperscaler and platform talent as key feeders. A Senior Member of Technical Staff departure to Anthropic and exits in Global Affairs (VP) and Asia Pacific leadership (Director) mark selective attrition at senior layers, while operations remains the largest function at 292 heads, edging engineering (280).
- +4% of watched staff
- Net headcount · 90d
- +91
- mostly Operations
- New hires · 90d
- 98
- vs 98 hires
- Departures · 90d
- 7
- quiet
- Leadership moves · 90d
- 0
Figures cover the 2,500 OpenAI employees Inkling watches — a slice of a company of roughly 9,434, not company-wide totals.
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Hiring paceCooling
New hires per month among the 2,500 employees we watch, last 12 months. 519 total hires.
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Notable moves
Hires, exits and promotions over the last 90 days — by role and function.
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14 people joined Operations Aggregate
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10 people joined Aggregate
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3 people joined Aggregate
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3 people left Aggregate
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2 people joined Aggregate
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