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  "id": 3966287,
  "title": "Meta's India and Southeast Asia VP Sandhya Devanathan is joining OpenAI to oversee consumer growth and enterprise adoption across SE Asia and Australia (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/metas-india-and-southeast-asia-vp-sandhya-devanathan-is-joining",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-28T13:06:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/28/meta-executive-leaves-for-openai-as-the-social-media-giant-faces-growing-scrutiny-in-india/"
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  "summary": "Sandhya Devanathan, formerly Meta's India and Southeast Asia vice president, is joining OpenAI to oversee consumer growth and enterprise adoption across Southeast Asia and Australia. She will be based in Singapore and report to OpenAI's Asia-Pacific managing director, Kiran Mani. Devanathan will be responsible for consumer growth, enterprise adoption and partnerships, regulatory engagement, and operations.\n\nDevanathan is leaving Meta after more than a decade at the company. Her departure follows Prabhjeet Singh's appointment as OpenAI's India head. OpenAI has been expanding its presence across the Asia Pacific, opening offices in several countries.\n\nMeta's India managing director, Arun Srinivas, will now report directly to Benjamin Joe, the company's vice president for Asia-Pacific, following Devanathan's departure.",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/openai-rolls-out-chatgpt-ads-in-india",
        "published": "2026-08-27T08:19:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "OpenAI rolls out ChatGPT ads in India, over 50 brands on board",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/openai-rolls-out-chatgpt-ads-in-india-over-50-brands-on-board",
        "published": "2026-08-27T21:09:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CNBC Technology",
        "title": "OpenAI rolls out ads on select ChatGPT plans in India to boost monetization, support wider access",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/openai-rolls-out-ads-on-select-chatgpt-plans-in-india-to-boost",
        "published": "2026-08-28T03:29:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Seeking Alpha News",
        "title": "OpenAI launches ads on select ChatGPT plans in India",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/openai-launches-ads-on-select-chatgpt-plans-in-india",
        "published": "2026-08-28T05:32:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TechCrunch",
        "title": "Meta executive leaves for OpenAI as the social media giant faces growing scrutiny in India",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/meta-executive-leaves-for-openai-as-the-social-media-giant-faces",
        "published": "2026-08-28T12:21:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "OpenAI is bringing ChatGPT ads to India as it ramps up revenue ahead of IPO",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/openai-is-bringing-chatgpt-ads-to-india-as-it-ramps-up-revenue-ahead",
        "published": "2026-08-28T13:20:38.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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