Openai is under “unprecedented growth pressure” as it competes to expand into the age of artificial general information, said Joaquin Quiñonero Candela, Tech Giant's newly appointed recruiting officer.
“If we were rockets (wait, we're one), we're at MAXQ – the biggest dynamic pressure,” he announced his new role in a LinkedIn post on Tuesday. “Recruitment has become more important than ever.”
Candela joined Openai in 2024 as head of Predness, where he worked on building a safer AI system. He holds a PhD. In machine learning, he spent decades in the field, including over nine years on Facebook, where he led the company's machine learning group and later led its responsible AI efforts.
His new position comes as Openai and the wider AI sector are rethinking what adoption looks like in a world shaped by the very technology of buildings. The company has grown almost ten times over the past two and a half years, Candela said.
“The world is turning to us to learn how to grow and work together in the AGI era,” he added. “How should we use AGI to adopt? Who should we hire in the post-AGI world?”
The company lists 330 open jobs, ranging from sales gigs in Korea to posts by lawyers in San Francisco.
Openai did not respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.
Race for AI Talents
Candela's comments are as Openai is about to move forward in the AI talent war.
In May, Openai announced that it would buy the AI hardware startup from former Apple design chief Jony Ive for almost $6.5 billion. IV, a startup, will work with Openai's research, engineering and product team.
Sam Altman said that in the same month he hired Instacart Chairman and CEO Fidji Simo as the new CEO of the application. “I can't imagine a better new team member who will help expand the next ten times (or 100 times, let's take a look),” Altman wrote in X's post.
The employment was last June, when it was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Sarah Friar, former CEO of Nextdoor, and former Meta and Twitter executive Kevin Weil, as Chief Product Officer.
Openai is not just chasing the talents of top AI.
Last week, Meta announced nearly $15 billion in investments in the data company's size AI. I handed over CEO Alexandr Wang to join Tech Giant's AI Push. Meta currently owns a 49% stake in the company, and Openai also counts it as a major customer.
