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AI Sector Intelligence

Tracking hiring patterns across 11 frontier AI companies. 2,009 active positions (+2 this week).

Active Observations (Week of Mar 16, 2026)

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CompanyRolesDeltaTrendFocus Areas
OpenAI624
+12+51/-39
No history
Enterprise Sales & PartnershipsAI Deployment & Integration (B2B)+1
OpenAI
No history
624 positions+12(+51/-39)
Enterprise Sales & PartnershipsAI Deployment & Integration (B2B)Marketing & Global Expansion
Anthropic450
-8+37/-45
No history
Enterprise Infrastructure & ReliabilityVertical Go-to-Market (Finance, Healthcare, Government)+1
Anthropic
No history
450 positions-8(+37/-45)
Enterprise Infrastructure & ReliabilityVertical Go-to-Market (Finance, Healthcare, Government)Security & Public Policy
xAI198
-11+10/-21
No history
Compute and ML InfrastructureMultimodal Model Engineering+1
xAI
No history
198 positions-11(+10/-21)
Compute and ML InfrastructureMultimodal Model EngineeringInternal Platform/Tools
Scale AI169
-2+9/-11
No history
Federal/Public Sector Program DeliveryOperations/Quality Assurance+1
Scale AI
No history
169 positions-2(+9/-11)
Federal/Public Sector Program DeliveryOperations/Quality AssuranceFinance & Technical Revenue Accounting
Mistral142
0+3/-3
No history
Model/Data QualityPublic/Developer Relations+1
Mistral
No history
142 positions0(+3/-3)
Model/Data QualityPublic/Developer RelationsPeople Operations
Cohere123
-7+5/-12
No history
Data Annotation (RLHF, Multilingual)Agentic Platform Engineering+1
Cohere
No history
123 positions-7(+5/-12)
Data Annotation (RLHF, Multilingual)Agentic Platform EngineeringEngineering Management
Figure AI93
+1+3/-2
No history
Agentic AI/AutonomyManufacturing Quality & Supply Chain+1
Figure AI
No history
93 positions+1(+3/-2)
Agentic AI/AutonomyManufacturing Quality & Supply ChainProduct Interface/Engineering
Perplexity81
-2+2/-4
No history
Core Platform EngineeringBackend/Full Stack Development
Perplexity
No history
81 positions-2(+2/-4)
Core Platform EngineeringBackend/Full Stack Development
Cursor58
+18+22/-4
No history
Enterprise Sales ExpansionCommercial Sales (Mid-Market/Strategic)+1
Cursor
No history
58 positions+18(+22/-4)
Enterprise Sales ExpansionCommercial Sales (Mid-Market/Strategic)Sales Management & Marketing Analytics
Together AI48
-1+4/-5
No history
Infrastructure Strategy & OperationsHardware Procurement & Supply Chain+1
Together AI
No history
48 positions-1(+4/-5)
Infrastructure Strategy & OperationsHardware Procurement & Supply ChainModel Serving & Inference Platform
Fireworks AI23
+2+2/-0
No history
Inference InfrastructureProduct Management/Strategic Projects
Fireworks AI
No history
23 positions+2(+2/-0)
Inference InfrastructureProduct Management/Strategic Projects

Sector Signals

Anthropic
Removed both US Federal and general External Affairs Manager roles in the same week—unusual for a company deepening enterprise/government focus, possibly signaling a strategic shift in policy/comms approach.
anomaly
Cohere
Unusually large net reduction across revenue (sales, marketing) and leadership layers—uncommon for a company historically adding commercial/go-to-market muscle.
anomaly
Cohere
Pausing both a Global Public Policy Manager and Partner Development Manager in Canada despite strong ties to government clients.
anomaly
Cursor
Sudden, large-scale sales hiring push after over a month of flat/stable hiring—unusual for a company previously emphasizing engineering and AI roles
anomaly
Cursor
Focus on healthcare vertical suggests experimentation with industry-specific sales motions, a new direction
anomaly
Sector
Enterprise sales teams are rapidly expanding across OpenAI, Cursor, and Anthropic, with increased emphasis on healthcare, finance, and government verticals.
signal
Sector
Several top labs (OpenAI, Together AI, Figure AI) are refocusing on hardware, supply chain, and infrastructure hires, highlighting operational scaling and component reliability as a new front.
signal
Sector
Data annotation and model quality roles (especially for non-English data) are on the rise at Cohere, suggesting multilingual LLMs are a near-term priority for several vendors.
signal
Sector
Security, compliance, and risk-related functions are receiving a renewed investment at Anthropic, OpenAI, and xAI, likely in anticipation of increased enterprise and public sector deployment scrutiny.
signal
Sector
A shift from channel alliances to direct sales management is observed at Cursor, indicative of a broader move toward first-party go-to-market execution.
signal