New roles within the Applied AI Lab will include forward deployed engineers, solutions and privacy engineers, as well as sales and user operations staff.

OpenAI has today (12 October) announced that it intends to create 200 new jobs in Ireland. The successful candidates will join the workforce at its new Dublin-based Applied AI Lab, based at the company’s EU headquarters. 

The 200 roles will be in addition to the previously announced 250 new jobs announced in July of this year, bringing the company’s total number of new jobs in Ireland this year to 450 roles. 

Currently OpenAI employs around 120 people in Ireland and the organisation is looking to add professionals who can support the new Applied AI Lab, including forward deployed engineers that will work directly with customers to build and deploy AI applications, as well as solutions and privacy engineers. Hiring will also take place in other areas such as sales and user operations. 

The organisation also announced plans to extend its ‘OpenAI for Ireland’ programme for start-ups, SMEs and builders. A new ‘Founder Cafe’ initiative, in partnership with Dogpatch Labs, aims to improve advanced AI skills among 150 high-potential founders from across Ireland, in areas such as ChatGPT, Codex and API, with the goal of innovating faster and helping to bring business ideas to life. 

Commenting on the announcement, Taoiseach Micheál Martin, TD said: “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. 

“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.” 

Sarah Friar, the CFO of OpenAI said: “Since we opened our EU headquarters in Dublin three years ago, Ireland has been critical to our success in Europe. I’m delighted we’re deepening our investment here, creating 200 more jobs and helping turn advances in frontier AI into local opportunity.

“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.”

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