AI & Tech Beat Reporter — Break News & Insights

Rippling, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Parental leave

Generous PTO

401(k) with employer matching

FSAs for healthcare/dependent care

Wellness stipend

Cell phone reimbursement

Company lunches in office

Job summary

The Information, a San Francisco-based publication, is seeking a Reporter to own coverage of OpenAI, a defining tech story of our era. This is a chance to break news, build trust with sources, and shape national conversations from a premium newsroom.

You'll report on OpenAI's leadership, products, breakthroughs, and policy debates, collaborating with our AI and enterprise reporting teams to tell complex stories clearly for a broad audience.

Qualifications

• A proven track record of breaking news and building high-level sources who trust you with hard information — on any beat.
• Fierce curiosity about power, money, and how institutions really work (tech background is a plus, not required).
• The judgment and analytical rigor to make sense of complex, fast-moving stories and tell them clearly.
• The drive and discipline to juggle fast-turn scoops alongside ambitious investigations.
• Based in, or willing to relocate to, the San Francisco Bay Area; we offer a flexible hybrid model — three days a week in-office.

Skills

Breaking news

Source development

Curiosity about power

Analytical rigor

Discipline & pace

Job description

The Information, a San Francisco-based publication, is seeking a Reporter to own coverage of OpenAI, a defining tech story of our era. This is a chance to break news, build trust with sources, and shape national conversations from a premium newsroom.

You'll report on OpenAI's leadership, products, breakthroughs, and policy debates, collaborating with our AI and enterprise reporting teams to tell complex stories clearly for a broad audience.