OpenAI plans to launch a jobs platform in 2026 to match employers to candidates with AI skills, and a certification program for teaching AI in the coming months
here's what CEO Sam Altman revealed at the White House tech dinner Laura Varley / Silicon Republic : OpenAI to launch jobs platform linking employers and AI experts Shubhangi Chowdhury / The American Bazaar : OpenAI's new platform targets workforce, positions itself against LinkedIn Moneycontrol : After Google Search, OpenAI plans to take on LinkedIn with its own AI-powered job search platform Maria Garcia / Implicator.ai : OpenAI's jobs push puts new pressure on LinkedIn—and on Microsoft Craig Hale / TechRadar : OpenAI is taking on LinkedIn to find you your next job in AI - before it's too late Isaiah Richard / Tech Times : OpenAI vs. LinkedIn: New AI-Powered Hiring Platform Confirmed by ChatGPT-Maker for Mid 2026 Ronil Thakkar / KnowTechie : OpenAI wants to be your new LinkedIn Kaustubh Bagalkote / Benzinga : OpenAI To Certify 10 Million Americans In Generative AI By 2030, Partnering With Walmart To Train The Next Wave Of AI-Savvy Workers Dylan Butts / CNBC : OpenAI is building an AI jobs platform that could challenge Microsoft's LinkedIn Rishaj Upadhyay / Windows Report : OpenAI announces AI-powered Jobs Platform to challenge LinkedIn Nadeem Sarwar / Digital Trends : ChatGPT's maker will give AI certificates and build its own LinkedIn Hayden Field / The Verge : OpenAI is working on a type of LinkedIn competitor. Jon Keegan / Sherwood News : OpenAI is working on a “jobs platform” for people who lose their jobs to AI X: @luke_metro : You either die a startup, or live long enough to see yourself create a developer credential Fidji Simo / @fidjissimo : We know that AI will create lots of new jobs, yet also create disruption. We're announcing the OpenAI Jobs Platform to connect AI-ready workers with companies who need AI skills, and OpenAI-Certified for workers to learn and demonstrate their AI skills. https://openai.com/... LinkedIn: Martin Lenz : OpenAI just announced its plan to launch an AI-powered Jobs Platform and certify millions of workers in AI skills by 2030. … Tom Chevalier : Open AI's new Job Platform is a next-level flywheel. — “...anyone looking to hire, whether it's through the Jobs Platform or elsewhere, needs to trust that candidates are actually fluent in AI.” … Fidji Simo : Whenever I talk with people about AI, one of the first questions I get is almost always: what will this mean for my job? … Armand Ruiz : Big news from OpenAI announcing two major initiatives: — 1. OpenAI Jobs Platform: connecting AI-skilled talent with businesses of every size, from local shops to global enterprises. … Bluesky: Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : OpenAI plans to create a certification program for people to get certified in skills like prompt engineering. They're also planning a jobs board where you can hire people with such certifications. — Who said AI isn't creating jobs? Matt Bellissimo / @mattbellissimo : I remember being told at my job in 2022 that it was “essential to learn how to prompt”. — It's 2025 and I can say with confidence that it was not essential. [embedded post] @ottersparx : The concept of “AI Skills” is so funny to me. — Somehow we're meant to believe that it's both an intelligent, common language engine that can deliver the Moon and also a highly technical discipline that requires an intensively trained skill set to produce results. [embedded post] Brian / @bwnash : “AI cannot fail, it can only be sabotaged. Root out the Trotskyites in your organization today!” Dan / @dingledooiss : Why would you need a certification in not doing work? [embedded post] Ed Zitron / @edzitron.com : They really are totally out of ideas lol [embedded post] Corey Quinn / @quinnypig.com : The certification-industrial complex has been champing at the bit for this. [embedded post] Eric Florenzano / @ericflo : I have a visceral negative reaction to the certification part of this. Can't fully articulate why yet, but seems somehow dangerous (from a worker power dynamics perspective) to have this all from one entity. [embedded post] Veni Kunche / @veni.dev : What jobs? I thought “AI” was going to take everyone's jobs 🙃 [embedded post] Forums: Msmash / Slashdot : OpenAI Plans Jobs Platform, Certification Program for AI Roles