#17 Riser. Headcount up 15% over the last 90 days.
headcount + trends: LinkedIn-tracked weekly series · funding & layoff counts: through Jul 2026 (frozen) + live news extraction
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source: PDL v25Hiring flow · OpenAI
source: PDL v25Headcount by role
12-month growth · PDL v25In the news
relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days- TechCrunchHeadlinetodayOpenAI adds a prominent AI doomer to its board of directors
Article is primarily about OpenAI adding Paul Christiano to its board amid safety and security scrutiny.
- The VergeHeadlinetodayOpenAI’s sly mathematical breakthrough sends a chill through academia
Article is primarily about OpenAI's controversial Millennium Prize breakthrough and allegations of academic misconduct.
- DecrypttodayAI Is Solving Math's Best Problems Faster Than They Can Be Replaced, Terence Tao Warns
OpenAI's model disproved the 80-year-old Erdős conjecture, making it the primary exemplar of AI solving hard math problems in the article.
- TechCrunch1d ago‘Gambling with our lives’: Anthropic researcher quits, warns against self-improving AI
OpenAI is prominently discussed alongside Anthropic as accused of reckless AI development; also cited for Hugging Face breach and researcher concerns.
- TechCrunch1d agoAI spend per employee slumped at top firms in August — summer doldrums or a warning sign?
Named alongside Anthropic as cutting prices and losing adoption to older, cheaper models; peripheral to main story.
- DecryptHeadline1d agoMorning Minute: Venice’s VVV Token Soars After OpenAI Dispute
OpenAI named in headline and article regarding a dispute over credit for fluid dynamics proofs with an NYU mathematician.
- The Verge1d agoWorried Anthropic researchers warn that AI ‘could kill all humans’
Named as a rival racing to develop AI with similar safety concerns; departing researcher previously worked there.
- DecryptHeadline1d agoOpenAI Says It Solved a $1M Math Problem. A Rival Mathematician Says He Did It First
Article centers on OpenAI's claimed solution to a $1M math problem and dispute with a rival mathematician over priority.