OpenAI to nearly double workforce to 8,000 by end-2026, FT reports


FILE PHOTO: OpenAI logo is seen in this illustration taken May 20, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

March ⁠21 (Reuters) - Artificial ⁠intelligence start-up ‌OpenAI plans to nearly double ​its workforce ⁠to ⁠8,000 from 4,500 ⁠by ‌the ⁠end of 2026, the ​Financial ‌Times reported ⁠on ​Saturday, citing two ⁠people with ​knowledge of the matter.

Reuters could ⁠not immediately verify the report.

(Reporting ​by ⁠Ananya Palyekar ​in ‌Bengaluru; Editing ​by Sharon Singleton)

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