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OpenAI’s London staff receive average of £2.3m per person annually

By Robert Booth UK technology editor, The Guardian

OpenAI’s London staff receive average of £2.3m per person annually

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Accounts for the Westminster-based company behind ChatGPT show that 110 staff shared £87m in salaries and £168m in shares last year OpenAI’s London staff each received £2,318,181 on average last year, as the ChatGPT-maker poured Premier League football salaries into its bid to dominate the global AI race. Accounts for OpenAI UK Ltd, which is based in Westminster but is opening a new HQ in London’s King’s Cross area, showed that 110 staff shared £87m in salaries and £168m in shares in the company, which is aiming to list on the stock market at a valuation of about $1tn. The earnings amount to 58 times the median UK full-time employee earnings, according to the Office for National Statistics.

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