OpenTrain AI is a job marketplace, not an employer. Clients set the rates, and some listings send you to another company to finish applying. Check who holds the contract before you start. From OpenTrain’s own site and terms, read 22 October 2026.
We do not list OpenTrain AI and earn nothing if you apply there.
Is OpenTrain AI legit
It is a real business. Its terms name WMD Global, LLC, a Nevada company trading as OpenTrain AI, and give a mailing address in Las Vegas. Its about page names Weston Dotson as founder and CEO.
OpenTrain’s terms say it does not employ the people who do the work. You join as an independent contractor. Its clients are described as AI labs and companies, and none is named.
Its own figures do not always agree. One page gives its network as more than 584,000 people and the same page’s summary says more than 100,000. Its careers page gives two different counts of open jobs.
For a general way to check any platform, see the AI training job scam checklist.
Who you actually work for
OpenTrain runs two kinds of listing, and they work differently:
- OpenTrain’s own clients. A client posts a job, sets the rate and pays through OpenTrain.
- Listings from outside sources. OpenTrain’s terms say it shows these for convenience. For those, OpenTrain does not screen you or hold the contract. It may earn a referral fee from the outside source.
The listings we opened say to apply on OpenTrain with your CV and then finish on the hiring site.
What the work is
OpenTrain’s board covers model evaluation, coding review, annotation, transcription, translation and specialist work in law, finance, medicine and engineering. On 22 October 2026 it showed 823 open listings. The largest groups were generative AI and RLHF (317), coding and software (157), and legal and finance (92).
Its jobs page says most roles are entry level and rely on careful reading and clear writing. Specialist roles ask for a degree, a licence or work experience, and pay more. Every listing is remote.
What OpenTrain AI pays
OpenTrain says most roles list an hourly rate in US dollars, and a few pay per task or per project. Each listing’s own rate is the one that counts. Examples from its board on 22 October 2026:
- Attorney roles in finance, regulation, civil rights and immigration law: $140-400 an hour
- Inpatient Medical Coding AI Training Specialist: $50-70 an hour, US applicants only, 10 to 20 hours a week
- Life Sciences Research Expert (Python): paid per task, which OpenTrain describes as $60-120 an hour equivalent
An “hourly equivalent” on a per-task role is OpenTrain’s description. What you earn depends on how long each task takes you.
The fee its own pages disagree on
OpenTrain’s pages give two answers on whether workers pay a fee:
- Its page for freelancers says it is free for freelancers, with no fees.
- Its pricing page lists a 10% marketplace fee on payments to talent, plus a $9.95 fee when a new contract starts. It does not say who pays them.
Its terms allow a platform fee calculated as a percentage of what talent is paid. Ask OpenTrain which side pays before you sign a contract.
How you get paid
Payments run through Stripe. OpenTrain’s terms call it a limited payment collection agent. OpenTrain does not publish how often it pays, the minimum payout or which payout methods you can use.
How you get in
- Create a free OpenTrain account and apply to a listing with your CV.
- Finish the application on the hiring site, if the listing sends you there.
- Pass the screening. For self-service clients, OpenTrain says every applicant does an AI interview and a skills test.
For its managed service, OpenTrain describes live tests in your field with a human proctor, plus a live interview. Its terms say it may verify your identity. It does not say whether screening time is paid.
Countries
OpenTrain has no fixed country list. Its jobs page says some roles are open worldwide and others are limited to certain countries or languages. Each listing states its own. You must be 18 or older.
What people report
These come from public reviews, not from OpenTrain’s own pages:
- Several reviewers say payments arrived on time, and weekly.
- One reviewer waited 48 hours for support on an ID check.
- Some say their application status was unclear for months.
- One reports a job’s pay cut after work began. OpenTrain replied that the pay was likely not final.
- Some report being removed without a reason. OpenTrain replied to one that quality checks had corrected most of their tasks.
What OpenTrain AI does not publish
- Who pays the 10% fee
- How often it pays out, the minimum payout and the payment methods
- What workers earn on average
- Guaranteed hours
- Whether screening is paid
- How identity checks work
- Which clients it works for
- A referral programme for workers
Roles open now that publish their pay
OpenTrain’s largest groups are AI evaluation, coding and legal work. The platforms this site lists post a rate on each role, and each pays this site a referral fee if you are hired through a link here. OpenTrain AI is not one of them, and nothing here links to it.
Today we track 76 open roles that need no specialism, 120 for software engineers and 97 for lawyers.
Open work in your field
Each page lists the roles open today for that profession, with the pay each posting states.
- Bilingual speakers120
- Software engineers109
- Engineers87
- Doctors and clinicians79
- Business and operations specialists77
- Lawyers74
- Generalists73
- Accountants and finance experts66
- Researchers and academics56
- Life scientists47
- Voice and audio recorders26
- Machine learning engineers25
- Data analysts20
- Writers and editors19
- Physicists17
- Designers17
- Sales and CRM specialists14
- Video recorders12
- Transcribers12
- Marketing professionals12
- CAD and manufacturing specialists10
- Medical coders and auditors10
- Mathematicians and statisticians9
- IT support specialists6
- Video editors and animators6
- QA engineers3
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