The GitLab Foundation’s AI Demo Day highlighted how AI can drive economic opportunity, improve access to essential services, and empower workers. Speakers from GitLab Foundation, OpenAI, and two nonprofit leaders (mRelief and CareerVillage) emphasized using AI to address structural inequities, enhance productivity, and create pathways to upward mobility. They discussed leveraging AI for public benefit, workforce agility, and democratized access, aligning with OpenAI’s messaging on democratic AI, infrastructure investment, and shared benefits.

AI for Economic Opportunity Demo Day with OpenAI Academy and GitLab Foundation

The fireside chat with OpenAI Chief Economist, Ronnie Chatterji and Roderick Purwana, Managing Partner @ Each Venture in Jakarta emphasized the transformative economic potential of AI in emerging markets like Indonesia. Chatterji shared insights from his global and policy experience, highlighting the rapid growth of AI adoption among young Indonesians, the scalability of AI-enabled productivity, and the importance of local context in application development. The conversation underscored opportunities in education, workforce development, and AI infrastructure as foundational to unlocking shared benefits and economic growth.

Unlocking the Economic Impact of AI in Southeast Asia

The event was hosted by Natalie Cone, head of the OpenAI Forum, who introduced the evening's collaboration between OpenAI and the Collective Intelligence Project (CIP). CIP, led by executive director Divya Siddharth, is dedicated to steering transformative AI technologies toward democratic outcomes, emphasizing both democratic governance of AI and leveraging AI to enhance collective intelligence. The event featured a panel moderated by OpenAI researcher Tyna Eloundou, with judges Zoe Hidzig (OpenAI Research Scientist), Audrey Tang (Taiwan's former Digital Minister), and Nabiha Syed (Executive Director, Mozilla Foundation) discussing the outcomes and significance of CIP’s Global Dialogues Challenge. Faisal Lelani, Head of Global Partnerships at CIP, announced the winners, highlighting their innovative projects promoting democratic AI engagement and cultural inclusivity. Joel Stein, communications and strategy lead at CIP, was also recognized for his role in organizing the event. The overall winner, Saranjan Vigram, presented a creative approach designed to build cross-cultural understanding through a detective game aimed at educating younger generations about AI.

Event Replay: Democratizing AI: Insights from the Global Dialogues Challenge

Joe Fuller, a professor at Harvard Business School, and Ronnie Chatterji, Chief Economist at OpenAI share insights on how AI is reshaping the workforce, emphasizing both the opportunities and challenges it presents. Fuller highlighted the profound impacts of AI adoption across industries, especially in white-collar roles, the shifting skills requirements emphasizing social and interpersonal skills, and the critical role of democratic AI and infrastructure investment for sustained competitiveness and innovation.

The Future of Work Series: The Effects of AI on Talent Management and Workforce Development

<h1>About the Talk:</h1>How AI creates more jobs, better work, and new careers.AI isn’t just changing the way we work — it’s reshaping the jobs landscape itself. Despite common concerns, early evidence suggests AI may reshape jobs as much as it replaces them — and with the right skills and safeguards, it can open more doors than it closes.In this Forum session, OpenAI Chief Economist Ronnie Chatterji will discuss AI can raise productivity and wages while broadening access to good jobs — if we act with ambition and care. This conversation links the rooms where rules are written, the labs where technology is built, and the workplaces where people earn a living to show how AI can become a pathway to new opportunities for people everywhere. <h1>About the Speakers:</h1><h3>Ronnie Chatterji, Chief Economist @ OpenAI</h3>Aaron “Ronnie” Chatterji, Ph.D., is OpenAI’s first Chief Economist. He is also the Mark Burgess &amp; Lisa Benson-Burgess Distinguished Professor at Duke University, working at the intersection of academia, policy, and business. He served in the Biden Administration as White House CHIPS coordinator and Acting Deputy Director of the National Economic Council, shaping industrial policy, manufacturing, and supply chains. Before that, he was Chief Economist at the Department of Commerce and a Senior Economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers. He is on leave as a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and previously taught at Harvard Business School. Earlier in his career, he worked at Goldman Sachs and was a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Chatterji holds a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley and a B.A. in Economics from Cornell University.<h3>Natalie Cone, Community Architect @ OpenAI</h3>Natalie Cone leads OpenAI’s interdisciplinary community, the Forum, a community designed to unite thoughtful contributors from a diverse array of backgrounds, skill sets, and domain expertise to enable discourse related to the intersection of AI and an array of academic, professional, and societal domains. Before joining OpenAI, Natalie managed and stewarded Scale’s ML/AI community of practice. She has a background in the Arts, with a degree in History of Art from UC, Berkeley, and has served as Director of Operations and Programs, as well as on the board of directors for the radical performing arts center, CounterPulse, and led visitor experience at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

Virtual Event: Jobs in the Intelligence Age

<h1>About the Talk:</h1>As part of the <a href="https://forum.openai.com/home/collections/the-future-of-work-2025-06-24" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Forum’s Future of Work series</a>, Dr. Ronnie Chatterji, (Chief Economist at OpenAI), welcomes David J. Deming, (Danoff Dean of Harvard College and Professor of Political Economy at the Harvard Kennedy School), for a conversation on how AI is reshaping skills, education, and jobs.They will share new findings about how ChatGPT is being used to solve real-world problems—and what those patterns reveal about the future of work. <h1>About the Speakers:</h1><h3>David J. Deming, Dean @ Harvard College </h3>David J. Deming is the Danoff Dean of Harvard College, the Isabelle and Scott Black Professor of Political Economy at the Harvard Kennedy School, and a Professor in the Harvard Economics Department. He also served as Academic Dean of HKS from 2021 to 2024.His research focuses on higher education, economic inequality, skills, technology, and the future of the labor market. He serves as a Principal Investigator—alongside Raj Chetty and John Friedman—at the <a href="https://opportunityinsights.org/climb/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CLIMB Initiative</a>, an organization devoted to studying and improving the role of higher education in social mobility. He is also one of the faculty leads of the <a href="https://www.pw.hks.harvard.edu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Project on Workforce</a>, a cross-Harvard initiative spanning HKS, HBS, and HGSE that concentrates on the future of work.Together with Ben Weidmann, he recently co-founded the <a href="https://www.skillslab.dev/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Skills Lab</a>, which develops performance-based measures of “soft” skills such as teamwork and decision-making.In 2018, he received the <a href="https://www.appam.org/about-appam/awards/david-n-kershaw-award/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">David N. Kershaw Prize</a> for distinguished contributions to public policy and management granted to individuals under the age of 40. In 2022, he was awarded the <a href="https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.1086/721003" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sherwin Rosen Prize</a> for outstanding contributions to Labor Economics.His writing appears semi-regularly in The New York Times and, more recently, The Atlantic. He also maintains his newsletter at Forked Lightning. <h3>Ronnie Chatterji, Chief Economist @ OpenAI</h3>Aaron “Ronnie” Chatterji, Ph.D., is OpenAI’s first Chief Economist. He is also the Mark Burgess &amp; Lisa Benson-Burgess Distinguished Professor at Duke University, working at the intersection of academia, policy, and business. He served in the Biden Administration as White House CHIPS coordinator and Acting Deputy Director of the National Economic Council, shaping industrial policy, manufacturing, and supply chains. Before that, he was Chief Economist at the Department of Commerce and a Senior Economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers. He is on leave as a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and previously taught at Harvard Business School. Earlier in his career, he worked at Goldman Sachs and was a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Chatterji holds a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley and a B.A. in Economics from Cornell University.

Virtual Event: How People Really Use ChatGPT: The Who, the What, and the How of ChatGPT

<h1>About the Talk:</h1>In our <a href="https://forum.openai.com/home/events/virtual-event-careers-at-the-frontier-hiring-the-future-at-openai-61ecj84asr?agenda_day=685abd2011abb4475d113e0d&amp;agenda_track=685abd2111abb4475d113e22&amp;agenda_stage=685abd2011abb4475d113e13&amp;agenda_filter_view=stage&amp;agenda_view=list" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first </a><a href="https://forum.openai.com/home/events/virtual-event-careers-at-the-frontier-hiring-the-future-at-openai-61ecj84asr?agenda_day=685abd2011abb4475d113e0d&amp;agenda_track=685abd2111abb4475d113e22&amp;agenda_stage=685abd2011abb4475d113e13&amp;agenda_filter_view=stage&amp;agenda_view=list" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Careers at the Frontier</a><a href="https://forum.openai.com/home/events/virtual-event-careers-at-the-frontier-hiring-the-future-at-openai-61ecj84asr?agenda_day=685abd2011abb4475d113e0d&amp;agenda_track=685abd2111abb4475d113e22&amp;agenda_stage=685abd2011abb4475d113e13&amp;agenda_filter_view=stage&amp;agenda_view=list" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> conversation</a>, OpenAI Head of Recruiting Joaquin Quiñonero Candela shared why the world’s top talent chooses OpenAI and what values guide our hiring.In this follow-up, we’ll take a closer look at the recruiting process in practice. You’ll hear directly from OpenAI recruiters about:<ol><li data-list="bullet">Top skills they look for in candidates, what it’s like to review thousands of applications, and what makes a candidate stand out.</li><li data-list="bullet">Behind-the-scenes stories about how OpenAI hired some of its most accomplished researchers.</li><li data-list="bullet">Concrete advice for future applicants, including crafting a clear resume, preparing for coding interviews, and demonstrating alignment with OpenAI’s mission.</li></ol>This session will move from principles to concrete examples of how OpenAI hires, and what sets successful candidates apart. <h1>About the Speakers:</h1><h3>Sarah Warkov, Sourcer @ OpenAI</h3>Sarah Warkov is a sourcer at OpenAI, where she has spent the past two years building teams across Applied AI and Research. She’s helped recruit engineers behind ChatGPT, Sora, and Operator—often starting from the very first hire—and now supports hiring for OpenAI’s Robotics organization. Before OpenAI, she recruited technical talent at Google, Meta, Amazon, and in startups. Outside of work, she enjoys family time, long walks with her 90-pound dog, and binge-watching reality TV.

Virtual Event: Careers at The Frontier: Inside OpenAI's Recruiting Process

<h1>About the Talk:</h1>AI Literacy is not about replacing good teaching—it’s about enhancing it.Casey Cuny, 2024 California Teacher of the Year, with more than two decades of classroom and leadership experience, frames AI as both a challenge and an opportunity for educators. His core message is simple yet powerful: “Good teaching is still good teaching—AI just changes the tools.”AI has the potential to strengthen learning outcomes while easing teacher workload. As an engine for equity, it can expand access to tutoring, scaffolding, and creative tools that help close learning gaps. It enables teachers to personalize learning and boost engagement at a scale we have never seen before. It can also relieve the burden of routine tasks—emails, recommendation letters, lesson planning, grading—while serving as a creative partner for brainstorming lessons, designing projects, and generating prompts. Beyond the classroom, AI enhances professional development by acting as an on-demand thought partner, helping teachers refine lessons, explore strategies, and access personalized, just-in-time learning.In this session, participants will gain practical strategies for integrating AI into teaching, including how to:<ol><li data-list="bullet">Streamline teacher workload</li><li data-list="bullet">Use AI as a thought partner in lesson design</li><li data-list="bullet">Empower students with AI as a study buddy</li><li data-list="bullet">Use custom prompts to create personalized learning experiences for students</li><li data-list="bullet">Apply best practices for crafting prompts</li><li data-list="bullet">Implement guardrails for preventing misuse</li><li data-list="bullet">Reframe “cheating” in the age of AI</li><li data-list="bullet">Raise expectations for student learning by shifting from rote tasks to deeper inquiry</li><li data-list="bullet">How Deep Research changes the game for lesson design and curating resources</li></ol>By the end of this talk, educators will leave with concrete tools, insights, and an inspiring vision for how AI can amplify—not replace—the heart of good teaching. <h1>About the Speaker:</h1>Casey Cuny is the 2024 California Teacher of the Year. Cuny teaches 10th grade honors English and Senior mythology and folklore at Valencia High School in Santa Clarita, California. He serves as English Department Chair and the school’s Instructional Coach. He also teaches at National University in the Masters of Education program working with teachers from all over the country, and he was recently awarded the 2025 National University Academic Excellence Delphi Award. He is also currently working with ASU to develop their new California Teacher Credential program.&nbsp;He strives to create an inclusive environment for his students, and to champion their growth as individuals. He uses the synergy of social, emotional, and academic intelligence to push students to levels of rigor not possible without this concerted approach.

Virtual Event: California Teacher of the Year Uses AI to Make Good Teaching Even Better

<h1>About the Talk</h1>Join us in San Francisco, or tune in virtually, for an exclusive in-person Demo Day hosted by the GitLab Foundation and OpenAI. The event will spotlight <a href="https://www.gitlabfoundation.org/our-journey/gitlab-foundation-announces-new-ai-for-economic-opportunity-fund-grantee-cohort" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">14 bold, visionary projects</a> from our <a href="https://www.gitlabfoundation.org/futureofwork" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">AI for Economic Opportunity Fund</a>.These teams are harnessing the power of AI to tackle some of today’s toughest economic challenges—from workforce access to income mobility—with real-world solutions that could improve millions of lives and unlock billions in lifetime earnings.Expect big ideas, high-impact innovation, and meaningful connections. Attendees will include funders, partners and innovators supported by the GitLab Foundation, OpenAI and the Ballmer Group.We have a limited number of in-person tickets reserved for Forum members. If you're a VC investing in philanthropic tech companies, we'd love to host you. Please request an invite by registering and briefly sharing about your work—we'll be in touch soon!

Hybrid Event: AI for Economic Opportunity Demo Day 2025

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