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OpenAI Names Ex-Uber India Chief as Its First India MD

June 26, 2026 at 14:44 EDT

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OpenAI has named Prabhjeet Singh, the former President of Uber India and South Asia, as its first Managing Director (MD) for India, it was announced. Singh joins in September 2026 and will report to Kiran Mani, OpenAI's Asia Pacific MD.

June 26, 2026 · OpenAI

OpenAI Names Ex-Uber India Chief as Its Top Leader in India

Prabhjeet Singh, who ran Uber India for years, joins in September 2026 as Managing Director — OpenAI's most senior figure in its second-largest market by users, just behind the United States.

India's rank by users, after the U.S.

100M+

Weekly active users in India

~11 yrs

Singh's experience at Uber

India user base — tripled year over year

1×

Prior
year

3×

Current
(Feb 2025)

User base tripled in a single year — fueling a push to build out a local team.

The appointment

Role

Managing Director, India

Start

September 2026

Reports to

Kiran Mani (APAC MD)

Previous role

President, Uber India & South Asia

What he'll own

Building OpenAI's local base under the "OpenAI for India" initiative.

Consumer growth Enterprise adoption Partnerships Regulatory engagement Operations

No new product or model announcement — positioned purely as scaling the local team. Uber and OpenAI already partner, with OpenAI's models powering the Uber app's AI assistant and voice features.

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