OpenAI Taps Uber's Prabhjeet Singh as First India Managing Director
- OpenAI has named Prabhjeet Singh, former president of Uber India and South Asia, as its first managing director for India; he joins in September 2026 and reports to APAC MD Kiran Mani (Bloomberg, Jun 28 04:14AM ET).
- Singh will oversee consumer growth, enterprise adoption, strategic partnerships and regulatory engagement as OpenAI deepens its New Delhi footprint and expands into Mumbai and Bengaluru.
- The hire underscores India's standing as a top-priority market for U.S. AI labs, where OpenAI is competing with Anthropic, Google and Microsoft-backed offerings for enterprise and developer share.