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Research Scientist

Healthiest lab research seat — OpenAI, Anthropic, or xAI?

OpenAI is the healthier seat.

Two labs and a public book. Typical is the tick. Paper is not cash.

Labs desk · cash share, work-email ticks, book, heat

1. 1OpenAI$800k

   cash 37% · 8/14 ticks · hot · $13B ARR · +80% · still the default AI seat

2. 2Anthropic$520k

   cash 48% · 5/10 ticks · hot · Claude · $5B ARR · +120% · Series F

3. 3xAI$520k

   cash 44% · 3/7 ticks · hot · Grok · Colossus · frontier cash + equity