Overview
- OpenAI, which announced the hire Wednesday, said Kiran Mani will start in June, relocate to Singapore, and report to Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon.
- Mani will oversee business strategy, partnerships, and market expansion across India, Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, and Australia.
- OpenAI is stepping up its India push through its OpenAI for India program that backs startups and developers and plans new offices and hiring.
- The company is working with Indian partners, including the Tata Group, to add local data centers that meet data-residency rules and cut response times for businesses and developers.
- Kiran Mani led JioStar’s digital platforms such as JioHotstar and earlier ran Android and Google Play across APAC at Google, a background that OpenAI is leaning on as it faces rivals like Google, Anthropic, and Chinese AI firms.