OpenAI to Set Up India Office in New Delhi Later this Year
OpenAI currently employs just one person in India: Pragya Misra, who heads public policy and partnerships.
OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, announced plans to open its first India office in New Delhi later this year—strengthening its presence in its second-largest user market.
The company has already registered a legal entity and begun hiring locally, signaling deepened engagement in India’s burgeoning AI ecosystem.
OpenAI currently employs just one person in India: Pragya Misra, who heads public policy and partnerships.
This expansion complements OpenAI’s established global footprint, which includes offices in San Francisco, London, Dublin, Paris, Brussels, New York, Seattle, Singapore, and Tokyo. The company is also opening a new office in Seoul, its latest addition in Asia.
“Opening our first office and building a local team is an important first step in our commitment to make advanced AI more accessible across the country and to build AI for India, and with India,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a statement.
India’s nearly one billion internet users—coupled with strong competition from Google’s Gemini and Perplexity—make this an urgent market. OpenAI recently launched its most affordable ChatGPT plan in the country at just $4.60/month to better serve and capture this dynamic user base.
