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OpenAI salary data reveals new strategic focus on AI Safety and Security

on December 03, 2025

OpenAI’s current hiring trajectory offers one of the clearest indicators of where the company — and the broader AI industry — is heading next. With 451 open job listings, representing a 201% year-over-year increase, the company is investing aggressively in both scale and capability expansion.

But the most valuable signal for investors lies underneath the headcount growth. Our salary allocation data reveals that OpenAI is willing to pay a premium for roles in its Security and Safety Systems teams.

Average yearly salary per open job listings, by team, @ OpenAI // Dashboard View (Thinknum Alternative Data)

Strategic Priority Areas Reflected in Compensation

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Coming Soon: Next-Gen Employee Sentiment Data

on April 07, 2023

We're excited to launch a raft of improvements and new data fields to our employee sentiment datasets. The updates are based on user feedback and will go live on April 20, including:

Interviews Data: track how employees got a job interview at the employer they are reviewing. Investors and people analytics teams use this as an 'employee NPS' proxy, with highly-rated employers getting more interviews through employee referrals.
Jobs Data: track companies' open job listings posted on popular employee sentiment websites. Hiring is a leading indicator of corporate performance and can shed light on management strategy.
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Who is Fueling The American Jobs Machine?

on November 17, 2022

Mass layoffs across an ever-growing number of mighty tech companies are a sign that America’s formidable jobs machine has slowed. But the American labor market is still whirring, adding more than 250,000 positions in October. The number of job openings across developed economies remains near record highs, too, and the unemployment rate near record lows.

So we wondered: which companies are hiring aggressively, despite the economic storm clouds ahead? What are the most in-demand positions and locations? We turned to our job listings data for some answers, focusing especially on the Travel & Leisure, Energy, and Utilities industries.

Track Private Companies Like Never Before with Alternative Data

on September 28, 2022

Investors in private markets face a daunting information gap compared to their peers in public markets. How can private equity investors gain deeper insights and a competitive edge in the absence of the regulatory disclosures required of publicly traded companies?

Let’s look at how private equity investors use alternative data sources for deal sourcing and origination, due diligence, investment research, and even post-acquisition strategy. We’ll show how combining innovative data from multiple sources, including Similarweb, Thinknum, SensorTower, Pathmatics and Caplight, with a sophisticated infrastructure platform, such as Lagoon, allows investors to track private business activity like never before.

Thinknum Announces New Fundraising Round

on September 22, 2022

Thinknum announced today that it has closed a new round of equity financing from existing investors. This raise provides ample capital for the company to accelerate its alternative data offerings and expand into new market segments.

Thinknum is a leading provider of alternative data for financial institutions and corporations. Thinknum enables institutional investors to generate Alpha-producing investment ideas and allows corporations to gain differentiated insights that answer important business questions. It provides a SaaS-based web platform with an easy-to-use interface that appeals to clients with varying levels of data sophistication.

Thinknum is pleased to welcome Rick Spitler as Chairman of