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# OpenAI to Launch AI-Powered LinkedIn Competitor
- URL: https://www.theleftshift.com/openai-to-launch-ai-powered-linkedin-competitor/
- Published: 2025-09-05T06:11:40.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-05T06:11:40.000Z
- Description: The move signals OpenAI’s push into applications beyond ChatGPT.
- Author: The Left Shift Bureau
- Tags: AI News, AI Startups

OpenAI is building an AI-powered hiring platform that could challenge LinkedIn, the company confirmed Thursday. Called the **OpenAI Jobs Platform**, the service is expected to launch by mid-2026.

*"The jobs platform won’t just be a way for big companies to attract more talent. It will have a track dedicated to helping local businesses compete, and local governments find the AI talent they need to better serve their constituents,"* [*Fidji Simo*](https://www.linkedin.com/in/fidjisimo/?ref=theleftshift.com)*, OpenAI’s CEO of Applications, wrote in a* [*blog post*](https://openai.com/index/expanding-economic-opportunity-with-ai/?ref=theleftshift.com)*.* 

The move signals OpenAI’s push into applications beyond ChatGPT. [Sam Altman](https://www.theleftshift.com/sam-altman-slams-nyt-over-chatgpt-user-privacy-in-ongoing-legal-battle/), the company’s CEO, recently said Simo would oversee new ventures, including the Jobs Platform, and potentially products like a [browser](https://www.theleftshift.com/atlassian-acquires-the-browser-company-for-610-mn-to-redefine-work-in-the-ai-era/) and a social media app.

The hiring service puts [OpenAI](https://www.theleftshift.com/openai-restores-gpt-4o-after-gpt-5-failed-to-impress/) in direct competition with Microsoft-owned [LinkedIn](https://www.theleftshift.com/linkedin-ai-writer-has-very-few-takers-ceo/), co-founded by Reid Hoffman, one of OpenAI’s earliest investors. LinkedIn has also been adding AI-powered job-matching tools.

Alongside the hiring platform, OpenAI will expand its [OpenAI Academy](https://academy.openai.com/?ref=theleftshift.com), offering certifications in AI fluency, with a pilot planned for late 2025\. The company is partnering with Walmart to certify 10 million Americans by 2030 as part of the White House’s AI literacy initiative.

Earlier this week, [Kevin Weil](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinweil/?ref=theleftshift.com), Chief Product Officer at OpenAI, announced [OpenAI for Science](https://www.theleftshift.com/openai-announces-openai-for-science-to-accelerate-global-scientific-discovery-with-ai/), a new initiative designed to harness AI to accelerate scientific discovery. Revealing the project in a social media post, Weil described it as the *“next great scientific instrument.”*