OpenAI plans 250 Irish jobs at new Dublin HQ

The company is hiring across multiple departments, including engineering, finance and sales.

AI giant OpenAI is hiring 250 workers at its new EU headquarters in Dublin’s Docklands to meet the growing demand for its services in Europe.

The jobs, created over the next two years, will add to the company’s roughly 100 employees in the country, OpenAI said.

The roles will span engineering, user operations, human resources, finance, privacy, legal, corpsec, workplace, go to market and sales roles.

The company is set to move to its new 88,000 sq ft office space in the Tropical Fruit Warehouse later this year.

OpenAI established its Irish presence in 2023, making Dublin the third city the company opened an office in after its headquarters in San Francisco and a London office earlier that year.

“We continue to invest and grow in Ireland as we meet increasing demand across the region,” said Emma Redmond, the associate general counsel and head of OpenAI Ireland.

“Our new EU headquarters reflects our long-term commitment, helping businesses, developers and communities benefit from our innovation.”

Since 2023, OpenAI’s user base has grown to capture nearly one in every five people in Ireland, the company said. Globally, around 900m people use ChatGPT.

Today’s (27 July) announcement also supports the company’s ‘OpenAI for Ireland’ programme, which helps young coders and entrepreneurs gain AI skills.

OpenAI has seen a steep growth trajectory since the launch of ChatGPT in 2022, growing from a valuation of around $29bn in 2023 to $852bn earlier this year. The company is ramping up efforts towards a public listing that it hopes will value it at around $1trn.

Competitors across the globe are making concerted efforts to catch up with OpenAI and its biggest rival Anthropic. OpenAI’s European expansion comes as China’s AI darling DeepSeek is also reportedly looking to double the size of all of its departments, while planning its own public listing.

Bloomberg reported late last year that both OpenAI and Anthropic were exploring options to expand their office footprints in Dublin.

“Ireland’s talent base and strong research ecosystem puts us in a strong position to take advantage of the AI revolution for the benefit of citizens and businesses alike,” said Taoiseach Micheál Martin, TD.

“In a short time, OpenAI has built a talented team which anchored the company here and I am confident today’s commitment and investment will only further OpenAI’s success story in the years to come.”

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