In a bid to speed up the process, OpenAI is already looking for three key people in the market. These hirings include key sales leadership positions.

ChatGPT’s parent company, OpenAI, has recently appointed Sheeladitya Mohanty as marketing lead for its Indian operations. Mohanty previously held the same designation at Meta AI, India and South Asia, where he worked for 9 years. Before Meta, Mohanty had worked with tech giants like Nokia and Microsoft.

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Altman highlighted that ChatGPT has seen exponential growth in the country, with its user base increasing fourfold in the past year. This surge in adoption, he said, was a major factor behind the decision to strengthen OpenAI’s presence in the Indian market.

OpenAI’s latest language model, GPT-5, may be more powerful and accurate than its predecessors, but the company has warned users not to treat ChatGPT as their main source of information.