Who is Kiran Mani? OpenAI hires India’s JioStar CEO to head up Asia-Pacific

OpenAI has appointed Kiran Mani, CEO of the Indian streaming service JioStar, to a newly created role overseeing its Asia-Pacific operations, according to a Bloomberg report.Mani will assume the position of managing director for the region in June, based out of OpenAI’s Singapore office, and will report to Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon.OpenAI is competing with rivals such as Anthropic PBC and Google (Alphabet Inc.) to attract users, with Asia’s large and growing markets offering major opportunities. Ind ...