OpenAI has announced plans to create 200 new jobs at its Irish offices, in addition to the roles announced just three months ago.
The artificial intelligence company, which makes ChatGPT, said the roles would include sales, solutions and privacy engineers, and ‘forward deployed’ engineers who would work with clients develop AI applications.
The jobs, which are supported by IDA Ireland, will be part of its Applied AI Lab in Dublin, which is the company’s EU HQ.
It comes after the company announced in July plans to create 250 jobs in Ireland, meaning it now plans to grow its Irish workforce by 450 people.
OpenAI currently employs more than 100 people in Ireland, meaning it plans to expand its workforce here to around 550.
“Since we opened our EU headquarters in Dublin three years ago, Ireland has been critical to our success in Europe,” said OpenAI chief financial officer Sarah Friar. “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.”
As part of its partnership with Dogpatch Labs, the company will give 150 high-potential founders access to advanced AI training, and access to ChatGPT to help them develop their businesses.
“OpenAI’s plan to invest even further at their EU HQ here highlights the strength of Ireland’s technical talent and business environment,” said IDA Ireland CEO Michael Lohan. “Our depth of expertise, innovation ecosystem and access to Europe make Ireland an attractive place to grow – and I would like to wish OpenAI every success with their future growth plans in Ireland.”
OpenAI is one of the leading AI companies globally, with its ChatGPT seen as one of the most advanced large language models available publicly.
However it has also proven to be controversial, with the company recently drawing criticism from the Australian government over its handling of the discovery that its software had sought unauthorised access to the country’s health statistics portal.
The company has also revealed that its test models have been involved in a number of security breaches, while last month it also revealed its agents had leaked images from some users.