OpenAI lab paper clears Netflix cash by $253k

How to plan it

Sit the public cash year or the default lab paper

A 26-year-old planning 2027 should treat Netflix and OpenAI as two next seats, not one high IC band. Netflix software engineer prints $400k typical on the ledger with a $326k base, sample forty-two, twenty work-email. OpenAI prints $653k typical with a $270k base, sample twenty-three, eleven work-email, marked hot. The default lab leads typical by about $253k. The public book leads cash density: the year is almost all cash, top at $707k against OpenAI’s $1.37M. Netflix base is fifty-six thousand higher. OpenAI closed an initial tranche near $11 billion at a $1.25 trillion valuation this week. That capital does not reprice the seats. Anthropic still targets a listing the week of 16 November. That roadshow does not reprice these seats either. If you need the 2027 cash year and can ship systems at scale, sit Netflix first. If you can hold paper and want the larger product loop, sit OpenAI — but name the mix. Do not treat a $400k cash year and a $653k paper year as the same next seat.