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A closed Residency and current emerging-talent SWE have different eligibility and support evidence.
OpenAI’s retained screening distinguishes the 2026 Residency from Applied Emerging Talent SWE 2027. Residency has individual immigration-support language but its 2026 applications are explicitly closed and participants cannot remain actively in school after starting. Emerging Talent SWE is a different early-career engineering entry with zero-to-one years’ experience and no specific future support statement in the saved JD. Neither should be promoted to a current guaranteed sponsor route across all target AI roles. Limited screening coverage. The guide below offers clearly labeled independent training directions; it does not claim the same role-level verification depth as the full company dossiers.
U.S. INTERNSHIPS & GRADUATE JOBS
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“Open at the recorded check” describes the source-check date, not a promise of current acceptance. A missing deadline stays unknown. Historical employer filings do not establish support for a particular vacancy. Internship work authorization and sponsorship for a future full-time role must be checked separately.
01 / PUBLIC EVIDENCE
Residency 2026 is closed and not an enrolled-student internship; immigration support is individual/conditional. The distinct 2027 emerging-talent SWE record does not disclose specific future support or prove all seven target job directions.
REQ / OPENAI-RESIDENCY-2026
REQ / OPENAI-APPLIED-ET-2027
Read each record independently. A specific vacancy, a broad requisition, a resume pool and a program introduction are different evidence levels. Required qualifications remain separate from preferred experience. A visible Apply button does not establish an available place or successful form submission.
Required qualifications: No single degree mandated in retained program; strong research/building and technical-learning evidence; participants cannot remain actively in school after joining. Suggested application near three months before graduation is not a fixed universal eligibility guarantee.
Experience and preferred preparation: Strong technical/research record matters; not a beginner summer internship.
Work authorization: Individual immigration/sponsorship assistance depends on circumstances; not every visa/candidate automatically qualifies. Future employer support: conditional.
Dated availability evidence: October 7 official page explicitly states 2026 applications closed; no new cohort openness asserted. Timing / deadline: 2026 Residency applications closed; later cohort deadline unverified. Retained source: https://openai.com/residency/
Required qualifications: Relevant CS/CE BS/MS or equivalent experience; 2027 emerging-talent entry.
Experience and preferred preparation: Zero-to-one years; JS/React, backend/Python and database foundations in retained sample.
Work authorization: The specific JD did not state future sponsorship. Future employer support: unknown.
Dated availability evidence: October 7 official page showed Apply; no fresh form or places check in this English edition. Timing / deadline: 2027 entry; exact closing date undisclosed. Retained source: https://openai.com/careers/software-engineer-applied-emerging-talent-(2027)-san-francisco/
Role evidence is retained from dated research snapshots. Publishing an English edition does not refresh every posting. An accessible page or application link does not prove that applications are still being accepted.
02 / SPONSORSHIP EVIDENCE
Residency 2026 is closed and not an enrolled-student internship; immigration support is individual/conditional. The distinct 2027 emerging-talent SWE record does not disclose specific future support or prove all seven target job directions.
FY2025 · Full fiscal year
21H-1B initial employment approvalsFY2026 · Through Q3
89H-1B initial employment approvalsFY2025 · LCA
102Certified LCA casesGovernment files archived 2026-09-19; FY2026 covers the period through 2026-06-30. These files were not downloaded again for this edition. Approvals are not counts of international students or new graduates; LCAs are not job openings. A partial fiscal year is not directly comparable with a full year.
No specific official round sequence was obtained for these two entries in retained screening. Coding, project/research discussion and task evaluation are independent preparation suggestions. Confirm the role’s precise assessment and AI/tool policy from the actual invitation.
03 / FUNCTION MAP
Responsibilities → Skills → Methods → Work sample → Readiness
Open this preparation path ↓02Responsibilities → Skills → Methods → Work sample → Readiness
Open this preparation path ↓03Responsibilities → Skills → Methods → Work sample → Readiness
Open this preparation path ↓A function map is not a list of live openings. Suggested projects use public or synthetic data and are independent practice, not employment at the company or access to its internal systems.
04 / FULL RESEARCH
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05 / TRACEABLE SOURCES
OpenAI · English research edition · 2026-10-11. Unknown support, inaccessible postings and closed programs remain explicitly identified. Source depth varies by company. Original research files and maintenance records are preserved separately.
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