OpenAI announces AI-powered hiring platform to take on LinkedIn

OpenAI says it is developing an AI-driven recruitment platform to connect companies and employees, a service that would bring the outfit in close competition with LinkedIn. The product is called the OpenAI Job platform and the company expects to launch the Service Mid 2026, a OpenAi spokesperson told WAN.

OpenAI CEO of Applications Fidji Simo announced the new endeavor in one Blog post Thursday, saying that the company “will use AI to find the perfect competitions between what companies need and what employees can offer.” Simo said that the service would offer a special number for small companies and local authorities to access Top AI talent.

OpenAi is interested in expanding to various new markets outside its nuclear offer, chatgpt. During a recent dinner with reporters, OpenAi CEO Sam Altman said that Simo would supervise various applications outside the chatbot. This will apparently include the OpenAI Jobs platform and possibly other offers that Openai reportedly works, such as a browser and an app for social media.

In particular, the OpenAI recruitment platform could bring the company in direct competition with LinkedIn, which was co -founded by Reid Hoffman, one of the first investors of OpenAi. LinkedIn is also owned by Microsoft, the largest financial backi financial backai.

In the past year, LinkedIn has worked for its platform with AI functions To help candidates match with companies.

OpenAI also says that it will offer certifications for people with different levels of “AI fluency” via the OpenAI Academy, an online program that the company launched last year. A spokesperson for OpenAi says that the company is planning to launch a pilot of OpenAI certifications at the end of 2025.

Many technical managers have expressed concern that AI will disturb countless traditional jobs. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has said that AI could eliminate to 50% of the jobs at entry level before 2030. In her blog post, Simo recognized that risk, saying that OpenAI cannot prevent that disruption. However, she says that the company contributes by helping people to become fluent AI and connecting them with companies that need their skills.

The chatgpt -maker says it works with Walmart, one of the largest private employers in the world, on his certification program and wants to certify 10 million Americans by 2030.

OpenAi says it is launching these programs as part of its dedication to the Witte Huis initiative to expand AI literacy. Altman and other Big Tech -executives are meeting With President Donald Trump in the White House on Thursday to discuss AI.