OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT, is looking for ample new space for its rapidly expanding workforce.
The chatbot pioneer, which currently has about 500 employees working out of two offices in the Mission District, has told city officials it will be growing soon to up to 2,000 workers and expects its office footprint to grow to 500,000 SF, according to a report in the San Francisco Business Times.
"[OpenAI] wants to expand to 1,500 to 2,000 employees. They are one of the prime groups that is looking to come in and rent some of this sublease space, and they're making a decision whether to stay in San Francisco [or] go to South City or the Peninsula," San Francisco Supervisor Ahsha Safai disclosed at a recent hearing.
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