OpenAI Hires Kiran Mani For Asia-Pacific

OpenAI has appointed Kiran Mani, former CEO–Digital at JioStar, as Managing Director for Asia-Pacific, joining in June and relocating to Singapore to report to Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon. He will oversee business strategy, partnerships and market expansion across India, Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia and Australia as OpenAI accelerates its "OpenAI for India" initiative and local data-center, hiring and enterprise adoption efforts. The hire signals OpenAI's intent for stronger regional leadership amid competition from Google, Anthropic and Chinese firms.