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OpenAI plans to add 200 new positions at Dublin hub

OpenAI is expanding its European presence by creating 200 additional roles at its Dublin hub, expanding its workforce commitments in Ireland to 450 total jobs announced this year.

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OpenAI has announced that it will create 200 new jobs in Ireland at its European headquarters in Dublin. Silicon Republic, Quartz, RTE.ie, The Irish Times, and Benzinga all reported the expansion on 12 October. The new hires will work within the company's new Dublin-based Applied AI Lab. [1][2][3][4][5]

The latest hiring plan adds to 250 positions that OpenAI announced in July, according to Silicon Republic. Silicon Republic, Quartz, RTE.ie, The Irish Times, and Benzinga all note that the addition brings the total number of new roles announced by the business in Ireland this year to 450. [1][2][3][4][5]

Silicon Republic reported that the open positions within the Applied AI Lab will include forward deployed engineers, solutions engineers, privacy engineers, sales staff, and user operations staff. [1]

OpenAI reached a valuation of approximately 850 billion dollars following funding rounds in early 2026. The private business launched ChatGPT in 2022, which gathered over 900 million weekly active users by March 2026. [6]

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In short

  • OpenAI plans to add 200 jobs at its European headquarters in Dublin.
  • The new positions will be located within the company's Dublin-based Applied AI Lab.
  • OpenAI has now announced 450 total new positions in Ireland this year.
  • The new roles include forward deployed engineers, privacy engineers, and sales staff.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]OpenAI to create 200 Ireland-based roles at new EU headquartersSilicon Republic, 11h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]OpenAI adds 200 Dublin jobs, launches Applied AI LabQuartz, 9h ago
  3. [3]OpenAI to create 200 additional jobs in IrelandRTE.ie, 11h ago
  4. [4]OpenAI to create 200 jobs in DublinThe Irish Times, 10h ago
  5. [5]OpenAI Adds 200 Dublin Jobs as It Expands European OperationsBenzinga, 6h ago

Background

  1. [6]OpenAI on Grokipedia

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 6 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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