OpenAI poaches Uber India chief for its biggest market outside the US
openai hired uber india chief prabhjeet singh as its first india md to scale in its second-largest market. the move signals an aggressive expansion to secure adoption among india's 1b+ users against rival anthropic.
openai has appointed prabhjeet singh, former president of uber india and south asia, as its first managing director for india to lead operations in what it calls its largest market outside the us. reporting to kirin mani, singh will handle consumer growth, enterprise adoption, and government engagement, following the opening of offices in delhi and planned expansions in mumbai and bengaluru. the hire builds on recent partnerships with reliance and tata and comes as rival anthropic establishes its own presence in the country. this strategic investment highlights how critical india's vast user base and developer talent are to openai's global growth and competitive positioning.