OpenAI is adding 200 more jobs in Dublin, bringing its hiring pledge to 450 roles

OpenAI announced 200 new jobs in Dublin on Monday, adding a new Applied AI Lab at its European Union headquarters and pushing its total hiring commitment in Ireland to at least 450 roles, according to Techcentral.ie.

The announcement brings together the new 200 positions with the 250 roles the company disclosed in July 2026, the company said. OpenAI currently employs over 120 people in Ireland.

The Applied AI Lab will draw on forward deployed engineers who help customers develop and roll out AI applications, along with solutions engineers and privacy engineers. Rounding out the hiring plan are positions across sales and user operations, the company said.

OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar, Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin, and IDA Ireland CEO Michael Lohan gathered on Monday to mark the investment. The new roles will be based at the company's E.U. headquarters at Tropical Fruit Warehouse, which OpenAI plans to occupy from December 2026, the company said.

"Since we opened our E.U. headquarters in Dublin three years ago, Ireland has been critical to our success in Europe," Friar said in a statement. "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."

Lohan said in a statement that the investment reflects "the strength of Ireland's technical talent and business environment."

As part of the announcement, OpenAI said it will extend its OpenAI for Ireland program for startups, small businesses, and developers. Through a new Founder Cafe initiative with Dogpatch Labs, roughly 150 Irish founders will gain hands-on instruction in ChatGPT, Codex, and API tools, the company said.

The announcement comes as OpenAI has been building out its European leadership. OpenAI appointed Ismail Elmas as vice president of sales for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, its second senior sales hire from SpaceX's Cursor unit since September. The appointments reflect OpenAI's push for deeper corporate revenue in a region where policymakers have grown wary of reliance on U.S.-built technology.

Ireland has long served as the European base for some of the world's biggest technology companies, among them Meta $META Platforms, Apple $AAPL, and Alphabet $GOOGL, according to Bloomberg. The hiring announcement arrives against a difficult backdrop: Dublin has been buffeted by AI-driven workforce reductions this year, with both Meta Platforms and TikTok making significant job cuts in the city, according to Bloomberg.