- OpenAI is launching the OpenAI Jobs Platform, a marketplace designed to connect AI-skilled workers with employers, as part of its effort to address workforce disruption and create new opportunities as AI adoption accelerates.
- The platform will feature candidates across expertise levels and support hiring for large companies, small businesses, and governments, with early partners including the Texas Association of Business, Walmart, John Deere, BCG, Accenture, Indeed, and state governments.
- Complementing the platform, OpenAI will expand its Academy with new certification programs available directly in ChatGPT, aiming to certify 10 million Americans by 2030, positioning AI fluency as a critical workforce credential.
OpenAI is rolling out a jobs platform and certification program designed to connect AI-skilled workers with employers, part of a broader push to address workplace disruption as artificial intelligence spreads across industries, CEO of Applications Fidji Simo announced in a blog post.
The OpenAI Jobs Platform will serve as a marketplace for businesses seeking employees fluent in AI tools and for workers looking to apply those skills. The platform, which will feature candidates at multiple levels of expertise, is intended to streamline hiring for large companies, local businesses, and government agencies. Groups including the Texas Association of Business plan to use the system to link thousands of employers with AI-trained talent, according to Simo.
Other partners include John Deere, Boston Consulting Group, Accenture, Indeed, and several state governments, the company said.
The move comes as employers increasingly cite AI expertise as a critical requirement for future competitiveness. OpenAI said it will complement the platform with a certification program to validate workers’ AI skills. The certifications build on the company’s OpenAI Academy, a free online training hub launched earlier this year that has already drawn more than two million participants. The expanded program will allow users to prepare for and earn certifications directly in ChatGPT, from basic AI fluency to advanced prompt engineering.
The company aims to certify 10 million Americans by 2030. Walmart, the world’s largest private employer, is among the first partners, the company pointed out.
“At Walmart, we know the future of retail won’t be defined by technology alone—it will be defined by people who know how to use it,” John Furner, CEO, Walmart U.S., said in a statement. “By bringing AI training directly to our associates, we’re putting the most powerful technology of our time in their hands—giving them the skills to rewrite the playbook and shape the future of retail.”
OpenAI indicated its initiatives highlight the dual nature of AI’s economic impact: the technology is expected to generate new opportunities while disrupting traditional roles. Jobs will look different, companies will have to adapt, and all of us—from shift workers to CEOs—will have to learn how to work in new ways,” Simo wrote.
She pointed out the launch aligns with the White House’s AI literacy campaign and as they move forward, the initiatives will focus on the needs of employees and employers.
“It’s all about being intentional about the kind of future we want to build,” Simo wrote. “If we want to put more power into the hands of more people, not just a fortunate few, we need to help everyone, at every level, take advantage of the opportunities that come with AI. We’ve still got a long way to go, but this is an important step in the right direction.”
