OpenAI To Launch AI-Powered Jobs Platform To Compete With LinkedIn

OpenAI announced on Thursday that it will launch a new platform designed to connect workers and companies: the OpenAI Jobs Platform. The AI startup will also introduce a certification program, OpenAI Certifications, to train users in AI skills.

According to its official announcement, the new platform is being developed in response to the disruption AI technology has created in the job market, and as a solution to the new roles and opportunities it will also generate.

“The OpenAI Jobs Platform will have knowledgeable, experienced candidates at every level, and opportunities for anyone looking to put their skills to use,” wrote Fidji Simo, the new CEO of Applications at OpenAI. “And we’ll use AI to help find the perfect matches between what companies need and what workers can offer.”

For the Jobs Platform, OpenAI is partnering with companies such as Walmart, Accenture, John Deere, Indeed, and Boston Consulting Group, along with community organizations and government institutions in the United States.

The new platform will connect AI-fluent candidates with job opportunities and help companies in their talent search, aligning with their goals and needs.

The Certifications program has been designed to help professionals learn and demonstrate their AI skills. OpenAI emphasized its efforts in AI literacy, including the recently released ChatGPT feature Study Mode, and the Academy initiative launched in July.

“Now we’re going to expand the Academy by offering certifications for different levels of AI fluency, from the basics of using AI at work all the way up to AI-custom jobs and prompt engineering,” wrote Simo. “We’ll obviously use AI to teach AI: anyone will be able to prepare for the certification in ChatGPT’s Study mode and become certified without leaving the app.”

Simo added that OpenAI is committing to certify 10 million U.S. citizens by 2030 through its partnerships with other companies, such as Walmart. The CEO didn’t provide more information regarding the details or the date for the launch of the new Jobs Platform.

According to TechCrunch, a spokesperson from OpenAI said the new Jobs Platform will be released by mid-2026. The new platform could compete with LinkedIn, co-founded by one of OpenAI’s early investors, Reid Hoffman, and owned by Microsoft, the AI startup’s largest financial backer.

OpenAI and Microsoft’s alliance has allegedly been going through difficulties. A few months ago, anonymous sources said both companies met to readjust their multi-billion-dollar partnership.