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  "id": 4176957,
  "title": "Meta's Sandhya Devanathan To Join OpenAI As Southeast Asia And Australia VP",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/metas-sandhya-devanathan-to-join-openai-as-southeast-asia-and",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-29T10:32:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
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    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/metas-sandhya-devanathan-to-join-openai-as-southeast-asia-and-australia-vp"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Sandhya Devanathan, Meta’s India head and vice-president, is leaving the company after nearly a decade to take up a newly created leadership role at OpenAI covering Southeast Asia and Australia. Devanathan will be based in Singapore and report to Kiran Mani, OpenAI’s managing director for the Asia-Pacific region. In her new position, she will oversee consumer growth, enterprise adoption,…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Economic Times",
        "title": "After 10 yrs at Meta, Devanathan moves to OpenAI",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/after-10-yrs-at-meta-devanathan-moves-to-openai",
        "published": "2026-08-28T08:34:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "YourStory",
        "title": "Meta’s India, Southeast Asia VP Sandhya Devanathan moves to OpenAI",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/metas-india-southeast-asia-vp-sandhya-devanathan-moves-to-openai",
        "published": "2026-08-28T16:39:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu - Sci-Tech",
        "title": "Sandhya Devanathan exits Meta after a decade; to join OpenAI as VP South East Asia, Australia",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/sandhya-devanathan-exits-meta-after-a-decade-to-join-openai-as-vp",
        "published": "2026-08-29T03:58:06.000Z"
      }
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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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