OpenAI Offers Unprecedented Employee Compensation

According to BlockBeats, financial data reveals that OpenAI is providing some of the highest compensation packages among tech startups in recent years. The company, with approximately 4,000 employees, offers an average stock compensation of $1.5 million per employee. An analysis by WSJ of Equilar data indicates that OpenAI's compensation is about 34 times higher than that of 18 major tech companies in the year before their IPOs over the past 25 years. Financial disclosures to investors this summer show that OpenAI's stock compensation is expected to increase by approximately $3 billion annually until 2030. The company has also informed employees of the removal of a policy requiring them to work at OpenAI for at least six months before receiving equity, potentially leading to further increases in compensation. The analysis suggests that by 2025, OpenAI's compensation will account for 46% of its revenue, second only to Rivian, which had no revenue in the year before its IPO. In comparison, Palantir's stock compensation accounted for 33% of its revenue in the year before its 2020 IPO, while Google's was 15% and Facebook's was 6%.