# OpenAI employees

entity: /record/openai.md  
predicate: employees  
page: /record/openai/employees  
as_of: 2026-10-31  

As of October 31, 2026, OpenAI's employee count on the AsOf record is 4,500, dated March 21, 2026, from 2 secondary sources (engadget.com and ft.com). The record holds 1 claim on OpenAI's employee count, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current employees

What the record asserts on 2026-10-31.

- [OpenAI](/record/openai.md) | employees | 4,500 | valid 2026-03-21 to present | conf 0.85 | valid | [clm_12E4CC544F2C](/claim/clm_12E4CC544F2C.md)
  sources: https://www.engadget.com/ai/openai-reportedly-plans-to-double-its-workforce-to-8000-employees-161028377.html, https://www.ft.com/content/7ffea5b4-e8bc-47cd-adb4-257f84c8028b, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21708200

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [OpenAI](/record/openai.md) | employees | 4,500 | valid 2026-03-21 to present | conf 0.85 | valid | [clm_12E4CC544F2C](/claim/clm_12E4CC544F2C.md)
  sources: https://www.engadget.com/ai/openai-reportedly-plans-to-double-its-workforce-to-8000-employees-161028377.html, https://www.ft.com/content/7ffea5b4-e8bc-47cd-adb4-257f84c8028b, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21708200

## Questions this record answers

### What is OpenAI's current employee count?

4,500, dated March 21, 2026, from 2 secondary sources (engadget.com and ft.com). The record asserts this claim as of October 31, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.85).


## Get this data

- JSON: /v1/entities/openai/employees (this fact) · /v1/entities/openai?predicates=employees (with the entity's coverage; add as_of=YYYY-MM-DD for a date)
- MCP: entity_state(entity: "openai", predicates: ["employees"], scope: "all")
- Entity twin: /record/openai.md · timeline: /timelines/openai.md

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