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  "id": 9349827,
  "title": "Meet Indian-origin CTOs leading OpenAI and Anthropic without IIT degrees",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/meet-indian-origin-ctos-leading-openai-and-anthropic-without-iit",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-23T13:25:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/meet-the-two-indian-origin-ctos-leading-openai-and-anthropic-without-iit-degrees/articleshow/134437318.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Michael Young's concept of meritocracy raises questions in India's engineering education system regarding the necessity of IIT degrees. Indian technologists Vijaye Raji and Rahul Patil have achieved prominent roles without attending IITs. Both engineers climbed the ranks in major tech firms before leading significant AI teams. Their success illustrates that merit in technology can come from…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Semafor",
        "title": "Anthropic and OpenAI bosses to address the UN",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/anthropic-and-openai-bosses-to-address-the-un",
        "published": "2026-09-23T11:14:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "OpenAI launches GPT-6 Sol and Luna as Anthropic releases Claude Opus 5.5",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/openai-launches-gpt-6-sol-and-luna-as-anthropic-releases-claude-opus",
        "published": "2026-09-23T11:33:58.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}