alt.hn

3/23/2026 at 1:53:50 AM

OpenAI to double workforce as business push intensifies

 https://www.ft.com/content/7ffea5b4-e8bc-47cd-adb4-257f84c8028b

by gnabgib

3/23/2026 at 3:40:01 AM

Ahh - the circle of life... Its now cheaper to hire humans then to buy more nvidia cards to spin up AI workers! :-P

by mech422

3/23/2026 at 2:36:31 AM

>The new hires will largely work across product development, engineering, research and sales.

I wish the article would've been able to break down the amount of people that they wanted to hire in each area. I would think that if they're trying to break Anthropics momentum in business, they'd be hiring a lot of salespeople.

by GenerWork

3/23/2026 at 6:21:11 AM

Employees for me, but not for thee!

by prodigycorp

3/23/2026 at 5:45:08 AM

Wasn't their target to replace humans with AI? Why is that not applicable to their business?

by faragon

3/23/2026 at 6:20:10 PM

Hiring sprees signal growth to the market. Growth is the dominant metric for pumping the IPO stock price considering they're nowhere near profitability.

Doesn't matter if they're needed or not. They can always be fired later.

by rchaud

3/23/2026 at 9:22:38 AM

Maybe they know something more than they advertise publicly

by twohaibei

3/23/2026 at 5:02:51 AM

mythical man month

by whateveracct