Kiran Mani Joins OpenAI as Managing Director for Asia Pacific

Kiran Mani Joins OpenAI as Managing Director for Asia Pacific

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Kiran Mani has departed JioStar as CEO – Digital to become OpenAI's new Managing Director for Asia Pacific. He will lead regional strategy and operations from Singapore, a move that underscores OpenAI's focus on the rapidly growing AI market in the region, with India being its second-largest global user base.

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Mani will lead regional strategy and operations across APAC, a market that has emerged as a key growth engine for OpenAI.
Kiran Mani has stepped down as CEO – Digital at JioStar and is set to join OpenAI as Managing Director for Asia Pacific, marking a significant leadership move in the region’s fast-evolving technology landscape, sources privy to the development told ET.

He will take on the newly created role in June, reporting to OpenAI’s Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon, and will relocate from India to Singapore, they added.