Intelligence Report

AI Sector Weekly Digest

A synthesis of hiring patterns and signals across the frontier AI landscape.

Week of Nov 24, 2025Current

Executive Summary

This week we tracked 1,628 open positions across 11 frontier AI companies.

Net change: +60 positions (+60 added, -0 removed).

Multiple labs (Anthropic, Cohere, Mistral, OpenAI) expanding customer success and enterprise-focused teams, indicating heightened competition for large-scale enterprise deployments.

Expanding

Companies with increased hiring velocity

xAI, Anthropic, Cohere +1 more

Contracting

Companies with slowing hiring

Trending Roles

Enterprise SalesCustomer Success ManagerAI Data Trainer (RLHF)Security/Risk Management LeadMarketing Manager (Field/Enterprise)Finance Operations/ManagerSolutions Engineering LeadInfrastructure/Datacenter EngineerLegal/Compliance Counsel

Skills in Demand

Enterprise Go-to-MarketPublic Sector & Defense DeliveryRLHF/Data AnnotationAI Safety & ComplianceCloud and HPC InfrastructureML/AI ResearchCustomer Success & Technical Account ManagementFinancial & Strategic OperationsSecurity & Risk AssessmentAPI & Platform Integration

Top Movers This Week

1.Anthropic

289 roles+16

2.Cohere

103 roles+14

3.OpenAI

452 roles+13

4.xAI

257 roles+5

5.Scale AI

136 roles+3

Sector Signals

•Growth in RLHF/data trainer hiring signals sustained investment in alignment and safety data processes, with new specialization in regulated verticals (finance, safety).
•Cluster of senior security and risk management roles (OpenAI, Anthropic) reflects growing focus on AI governance, compliance, and public sector trust.
•Physical infrastructure and datacenter operations are a growing priority (xAI, Together AI), matching sector-wide scaling of LLM compute and application needs.
•Legal and compliance hires across companies (Anthropic, Figure AI, OpenAI) highlight operational maturity and regulatory preparedness.
•First-time hires in life sciences and solutions engineering indicate vertical expansion and readiness for broader industry integration.

Executive Summary

This week we tracked 1,628 open positions across 11 frontier AI companies.

Net change: +60 positions (+60 added, -0 removed).

Multiple labs (Anthropic, Cohere, Mistral, OpenAI) expanding customer success and enterprise-focused teams, indicating heightened competition for large-scale enterprise deployments.

Sector Signals

•Growth in RLHF/data trainer hiring signals sustained investment in alignment and safety data processes, with new specialization in regulated verticals (finance, safety).

•Cluster of senior security and risk management roles (OpenAI, Anthropic) reflects growing focus on AI governance, compliance, and public sector trust.

•Physical infrastructure and datacenter operations are a growing priority (xAI, Together AI), matching sector-wide scaling of LLM compute and application needs.

•Legal and compliance hires across companies (Anthropic, Figure AI, OpenAI) highlight operational maturity and regulatory preparedness.

•First-time hires in life sciences and solutions engineering indicate vertical expansion and readiness for broader industry integration.