OpenAI has appointed Prabhjeet Singh, former President of Uber India and South Asia, as its Managing Director for India, deepening its investment in one of its fastest-growing markets. OpenAI, led by CEO Sam Altman, counts India as its second-largest market globally, with more than 100 million weekly ChatGPT users.

Singh will oversee consumer growth, enterprise adoption, partnerships, regulatory engagement and operations, and will lead efforts to expand OpenAI's partnerships and support India's broader artificial intelligence ecosystem. He will join in September and report to Asia Pacific Managing Director Kiran Mani, making him the company's most senior executive in the country.

Who Is Prabhjeet Singh?

Singh spent nearly 11 years at Uber, where he led the company's business across India and South Asia. During his tenure, Uber expanded beyond its core ride-hailing service by introducing Auto, Moto and Shuttle, and worked on electric mobility initiatives and partnerships, including integration with India's Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC).

Before Uber, he was an Associate Partner at McKinsey and earlier worked at Lehman Brothers. He holds an engineering degree from IIT Kharagpur and a management degree from IIM Ahmedabad.

The appointment marks a significant step for OpenAI, which established its first office in New Delhi in November 2025. The company now plans to open additional offices in Mumbai and Bengaluru during 2026.

Singh's mandate will be as much political as commercial. India's government has embraced AI as a national priority, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosting OpenAI, Anthropic and Google chiefs at the AI Impact Summit earlier this year. Indian policymakers are also weighing how much to rely on American AI providers, making regulatory engagement a key part of Singh's brief from day one.