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Market

Who's hiring in AI right now

742 AI companies are hiring right now, with 38,288 open roles and 1,892 new this week. The fastest-growing teams are Beacon AI, Notion, and Greptile.

A live read on the AI hiring market: new roles this week, the companies hiring hardest, and frontier-lab activity.

38,288
Active roles
742
Companies hiring
1,892
New this week
3,095
AI Labs roles

AI hiring concentrates from March to June, when annual headcount budgets open. The second half of the year is structurally thinner, and the entry-level share has fallen from roughly 3-in-10 hires in 2023 to about 1-in-10 in 2025.

Seniority mix

18,482roles
  • Senior8,879
  • Manager / Lead4,474
  • Director+2,033
  • Staff / Principal1,772
  • Entry / Junior788
  • Intern536

Work mode

38,288roles
  • On-site25,587
  • Remote7,099
  • Hybrid5,602

Role mix

Active roles by category

Where AI roles are

105 countries
  • United States23,326
  • United Kingdom1,790
  • India1,456
  • Germany1,275
  • Canada869

Placed by posting location. 7,099 remote · 4,219 with no location given.

Biggest movers

last 7 days vs prior 7

Cooling

AI Labs activity

Active roles
3,095
New this week
193

Gigs & bounties

Project-based AI work

Paid task and contract work alongside permanent roles - hourly gigs, fixed builds, and prize bounties, almost all with pay disclosed up front.

1,284
Active gigs & bounties
84
New this week

Gig vs bounty

Pay unit

Disclosed pay only

Top categories

By work type

By source

Hackathons

Open AI hackathons

Build sprints and competitions with prizes and hard deadlines - a fast on-ramp for students, switchers, and researchers alongside permanent roles.

236
Open hackathons
31
New this week

Prize

Cash vs non-cash

By source

Active roles over time

Hiring velocity

New vs expired per day