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Timeplot · Hiring Report · Issue 002

As Anthropic slows its hiring, OpenAI keeps growing,
especially in go-to-market

Open job postings at OpenAI and Anthropic · Nov 10, 2025 to Jun 22, 2026

Compare OpenAI and Anthropic across every metric

OpenAI open roles

713

+69% since November

Anthropic open roles

387

down 19% from its April peak

OpenAI's lead

1.8×

more open roles than Anthropic

OpenAI GTM roles

224 (31%)

2.2× Anthropic, its biggest commercial area

OpenAI's open roles keep climbing; Anthropic's have fallen back

Total open job postings at each lab, reconstructed from every posting's open and close dates

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Both labs still hire mostly for technical roles

Share of open roles by function · technical is 57% at OpenAI, 58% at Anthropic

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GTM as

Go-to-market is OpenAI's biggest commercial area, and its fastest-growing

224 open GTM roles (31% of its board) vs 100 (26%) at Anthropic

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What go-to-market means at each lab

Open GTM roles by sub-function · counts, not shares

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What the data says

  • The two labs are hiring in opposite directions.OpenAI's open roles are at a high of 713 (+69% since November), while Anthropic's have fallen 19% from a April peak of 478 to 387.
  • Both still lead with technical roles. Engineering, research, and product make up 57% of OpenAI's openings and 58% of Anthropic's. The difference is growth rate, not priorities.
  • OpenAI is hiring more of everything, go-to-market most of all. It has 224 open GTM roles to Anthropic's 100 (2.2×), though as a share of each board the gap is smaller (31% vs 26%).
Source: Timeplot, based on OpenAI and Anthropic job postings. Fixed window Nov 10, 2025 to Jun 22, 2026. Roles are grouped into functions from each posting's title and team; blank, untitled listings are excluded so the two boards compare fairly. Go-to-market covers sales, marketing, solutions and partnerships, and customer success.

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