News Summary

• OpenAI has announced plans to open its first office in India, just days after launching a ChatGPT plan tailored for Indian users.
• The company said it would set up a local team in India and open a corporate office in the capital, New Delhi, in the coming months.
• The move builds on OpenAI’s recent hiring efforts in the region, including the appointment of former Twitter India head Rishi Jaitly as a senior advisor.
• India is a natural fit for OpenAI, which is competing with tech giants like Google and Meta, as well as AI upstarts like Perplexity.