OpenAI to create extra 200 Irish jobs as AI boom accelerates in Ireland
It comes just three months after the company announced it would hire 250 people for its Dublin-based EU headquarters
OpenAI has announced 200 new jobs in Ireland, growing its EU headquarters in Dublin to at least 570 people.
It is the second hiring spree from the AI giant here in three months, having announced 250 new roles in July. Prior to both announcements, OpenAI employed 120 people in Dublin.
Its main AI rival, Anthropic, is currently expanding its Dublin European headquarters to employ 300 people.
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Some of the new jobs will be for what the company calls a new “applied AI lab” at its Dublin headquarters.
OpenAI currently employs more than 120 people in Ireland.
The new recruits will be based at the company’s new EU headquarters at the Tropical Fruit Warehouse, located close to Google around Dublin’s Grand Canal Dock.
OpenAI established its European headquarters in Dublin in 2023. Since then, the company says that one million Irish people use ChatGPT.
“Since we opened our EU headquarters in Dublin three years ago, Ireland has been critical to our success in Europe,” said Sarah Friar, chief financial officer of OpenAI.
“I’m delighted we’re deepening our investment here, creating 200 more jobs and helping turn advances in frontier AI into local opportunity.
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“Through our new applied AI lab, expansion of our partnership with Dogpatch Labs and wider roll-out of the SME Academy, we want to help Irish businesses grow, support founders in turning ideas into thriving companies and equip more people across the country to benefit from AI.”
The new jobs will include engineering roles focused on privacy, “solutions” and those who work directly with OpenAI customers to build and deploy AI applications. Other new OpenAI jobs will include sales and user operations.
OpenAI also says that it will extend its “OpenAI for Ireland” programme for start-ups, SMEs and “builders”.
It is to support a new “Founder Cafe” initiative alongside Dogpatch Labs to encourage 150 “high-potential founders” from across Ireland to get AI skills training in ChatGPT, Codex and APIs.
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OpenAI also says that it will carry on its SME Academy events across Ireland, starting in Cork in November, in addition to its ongoing support of the Patch programme for young tech coders between the ages of 16 and 21.
“As Ireland hosts the International AI Summit this week as a flagship initiative of our EU presidency, this further investment by OpenAI is a vote of confidence in the strength of our people, economy and ecosystem, which sets Ireland apart,” said Taoiseach Micheál Martin.
“These factors combine to make Ireland a leading destination for applied AI research, innovation and commercialisation, and this is a position the Government will build upon in the years ahead.”