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Notes on AI hiring, data-driven job search, and what we're seeing in the weekly index.
New York AI Jobs in 2026: 74 Open Roles and the Employer Mix Nobody Expects
New York is the 4th-largest AI hiring market globally with 74 roles—Capital One holds 23%, and OpenAI's 6 NYC jobs are all deployment, not research.
Read more →Capital One Is the Only Company in Our Index Whose AI Hiring Is Actually Shrinking
Capital One's open AI roles fell from 49 to 36 in four weeks—the only clean decline among 50 tracked companies. Its momentum label still reads accelerating.
Read more →Databricks Has 69 AI Jobs Right Now—Most Candidates Don't Know What They Are
Databricks is the #2 AI employer in HireIndex's Aug 2026 index with 69 roles, all remote. But the job mix is nothing like what most AI candidates expect.
Read more →AI Research Jobs in 2026: OpenAI and Scale AI Are Tied at #1—and Capital One Outranks Google
116 open AI Research roles in HireIndex's July 2026 index. OpenAI ties Scale AI at the top. Capital One has more research roles than Google. 61% are remote.
Read more →Sydney AI Jobs in 2026: 37 Open Roles and One Bank Controls the Market
Sydney is the #5 AI/ML hiring market globally with 37 open roles—but Commonwealth Bank alone holds 22% of them. Here's what that reveals about Australia's AI economy.
Read more →London AI Jobs in 2026: 173 Open Roles and the Hiring Story Nobody Is Tracking
London leads every global city with 173 open AI/ML roles—34% more than San Francisco. Here's who's hiring, which sectors dominate, and why it isn't one company.
Read more →Toronto AI Jobs in 2026: 81 Open Roles and a Hiring Story San Francisco Can't Match
Toronto ranks 4th globally with 81 AI/ML roles—nearly matching San Francisco's market outside OpenAI. Here's who's actually hiring in Canada's AI hub.
Read more →Which Industries Are Winning the AI Talent War in 2026?
Mistral leads, but Databricks, Spotify, and Capital One all crack the top 10 AI employers. Here's what the sector breakdown reveals across 1,718 open roles.
Read more →Breaking Into AI in 2026: Only 41 Entry-Level Roles Exist Across 1,552 Openings
Just 2.6% of AI/ML jobs in HireIndex's index are junior-level—and half of those are internships. Here's where the real entry points are hiding.
Read more →Applied AI Jobs in 2026: Mistral and Amazon Are Hiring for Completely Different Things
Mistral AI and Amazon post 41% of all Applied AI roles in HireIndex's index right now—but the actual work, seniority, and locations are nearly opposite.
Read more →MLOps and AI Platform Engineer Jobs in 2026: 150 Roles, Almost No Juniors
MLOps Engineer, AI Platform, and AI Infrastructure roles total 150 openings in HireIndex's index—Capital One leads, 73% are remote, and just 1 is entry-level.
Read more →Data Scientist Jobs in 2026: 287 Open Roles and the Companies You're Probably Not Targeting
Data Scientist is the #2 job title in HireIndex's AI/ML index with 287 open roles—ahead of Applied AI, AI Software Engineer, and LLM Engineer combined.
Read more →LLM Engineer Jobs in 2026: Capital One Has More Than Any AI Lab
Of the 37 LLM Engineer roles tracked on HireIndex, 13 belong to Capital One—not OpenAI or Anthropic. Here's what that signals about who's hiring and why.
Read more →Where Are AI Jobs Concentrated in 2026? A City-by-City Breakdown
London leads San Francisco and New York in raw AI job count. Here's where 1,789 open AI/ML roles cluster—and which city skews most senior.
Read more →How to Spot Companies That Are Genuinely Scaling Their AI Teams
Most companies claim to be 'investing in AI.' A few actually are. Here's how to tell the difference using real hiring data—not press releases.
Read more →AI Research Scientist vs. ML Engineer: Who's Actually Hiring Which
Research Scientist and ML Engineer roles look similar on the surface. The companies hiring each are completely different. Here's what the data shows.
Read more →Where Remote AI Jobs Actually Live in 2026
Five companies control nearly 40% of all remote AI/ML hiring. We pulled live data from Greenhouse and Lever to show you where the real openings are—and what 'remote' actually means.
Read more →How We Track AI Hiring Trends at HireIndex
Behind-the-scenes look at how HireIndex aggregates AI/ML roles every week, what the title and location data actually shows, and what most job-search filters are missing.
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