OpenAI adds 200 Dublin jobs and builds its second applied AI lab

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Artificial Intelligence OpenAI adds 200 Dublin jobs and builds its second applied AI lab The expansion thickens the Irish entity that a Rome court has already found displaced Italy's data regulator October 12, 2026 - 6:07 pm OpenAI is adding 200 roles in Dublin and building an applied AI lab at its EU headquarters, taking planned Irish hiring to 450. The company announced the roles in a statement on Monday, Bloomberg reported , and employs more than 120 people in Ireland. OpenAI is an artificial intelligence company based in San Francisco.

They include forward deployed, solutions and privacy engineers, plus sales and user operations. It follows the 250 roles announced in July, when OpenAI took an 88,000 square foot lease at the Tropical Fruit Warehouse in the Docklands.

OpenAI is adding 200 roles in Dublin and building an applied AI lab at its EU headquarters, taking planned Irish hiring to 450. The move lands two days before Ireland hosts the International AI Summit under its EU presidency.

OpenAI is adding 200 jobs in Dublin and building an applied AI lab at its European headquarters. That takes its planned Irish hiring to 450 roles. The lab is the second of its kind.

Key facts

• The company — announced: the roles in a statement on Monday, Bloomberg reported , and employs more than 120 people in Ireland
• It follows the 250 roles — announced: in July, when OpenAI took an 88,000 square foot lease at the Tropical Fruit Warehouse in the Docklands