The AI Hiring Index
The AI Hiring Index — July 2026
Rocketlist tracks 55,118 live startup and tech roles across eight ATS platforms, refreshed daily. In July 2026, AI & ML is the single biggest hiring vertical of them all, with 6,935 active roles open right now. Here is who is hiring, what they are hiring for, and where.
The market in one number
55,118
live startup & tech roles, refreshed daily
AI & ML leads every vertical
AI & ML (6,935) is ahead of FinTech (5,917) and HealthTech (3,975) as the largest source of open roles on the platform.
- AI & ML6,935
- FinTech5,917
- HealthTech3,975
- Enterprise Software3,214
- DeepTech3,040
- SaaS2,714
- Cybersecurity2,508
- Developer Tools1,600
- Mobility1,596
- E-Commerce1,534
The top AI startups hiring right now
| # | Company | Open roles | Raised | Stage | HQ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OpenAI | 952 | $168.0B | Growth | San Francisco, United States |
| 2 | Shield AI | 415 | $1.3B | Series D+ | San Diego, United States |
| 3 | Anthropic | 383 | $67.3B | Series G | San Francisco, United States |
| 4 | xAI | 217 | $47.0B | Acquired | Palo Alto, United States |
| 5 | CoreWeave | 213 | $15.4B | Public | Livingston, United States |
| 6 | AlphaSense, Inc. | 165 | $1.4B | Series D+ | New York, United States |
| 7 | Sierra | 123 | $1.6B | Series E | San Francisco, United States |
| 8 | ElevenLabs | 118 | $781M | Series D | New York, United States |
| 9 | Scale AI | 108 | $15.9B | Series D+ | San Francisco, United States |
| 10 | Gong | 93 | $584M | Series E | San Francisco, United States |
Hiring is concentrated: 290 AI companies have roles open, but the top ten alone account for 40% of all AI openings. OpenAI alone has 952 open roles.
What they're hiring for
AI hiring is not just research. Software Engineering (1,534) and Sales & Account Management (1,140) lead the AI role mix.
- Software Engineering1,534
- Sales & Account Management1,140
- Data & AI978
- Operations & Strategy878
- Other Engineering638
The United States leads with 2,534 AI roles, compared with 377 in the United Kingdom and 184 in Germany.
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