OpenAI plans to double its number of employees

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Is OpenAI’s expansion to respond to Anthropic’s market share surpass?

On March 21, according to The Financial Times, Microsoft-backed AI startup OpenAI plans to nearly double its staff by the end of 2026 to close the gap with competitor Anthropic.

Two people directly familiar with the matter said the company plans to increase its workforce from the current 4,500 to about 8,000. They added that new hires will mainly work in product development, engineering, research, and sales.

Sources also revealed that the maker of ChatGPT will double efforts to recruit experts, focusing on a program called Technical Ambassadors, which aims to help enterprise clients better utilize its tools.

Led by Sam Altman, the company has also leased a new office in San Francisco, expanding its office space in the city to over 1 million square feet, with plans to add about 12 new employees daily this year.

OpenAI’s hiring surge comes as its competitor Anthropic—supported by Amazon and Google under Alphabet—continues to make progress with enterprise clients.

According to Axios, citing data from enterprise payment platform Ramp, Anthropic holds over 73% of the market share among companies that have purchased AI tools for the first time. About 10 weeks ago, the share was evenly split at 50/50, and as of December last year, OpenAI led with a 60% market share.

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