The jobs giant isn't the only established tech company that OpenAI is setting its sights on. Since the release of ChatGPT in November 2022, the Sam Altman-led company has ballooned in size and ambition, releasing successive versions of its core AI model, amassing users and eyeing new products outside the chatbot.

OpenAI says it’s developing an AI-powered hiring platform to connect businesses and employees, a service that would put the outfit in close competition with LinkedIn. The product is called the OpenAI Jobs Platform, and the company expects to launch the service by mid-2026, an OpenAI spokesperson told TechCrunch.

KEY TAKEAWAYS OpenAI is taking on LinkedIn with a plan to develop an AI-powered hiring platform aimed to connect businesses and employees.OpenAI CEO of Applications Fidji Simo wrote in a blog post Thursday that OpenAI Jobs Platform will allow people to “use AI to help find the perfect matches between what companies need and what workers can offer.