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OpenAI to Open First India Office in New Delhi, Begins Local Hiring

The expansion follows an India-priced ₹399 ChatGPT Go plan that targets rapid adoption in the company’s second-largest market.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attends an event to pitch AI for businesses in Tokyo, Japan February 3, 2025. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

Overview

  • OpenAI will open its first India office in New Delhi later this year after formally establishing a local legal entity.
  • The company is building a local team to strengthen partnerships and will host an Education Summit this month and a Developer Day later this year.
  • OpenAI says weekly active ChatGPT users in India quadrupled over the past year, with the country leading in student users and ranking among the top five developer markets.
  • To spur adoption, the new ChatGPT Go plan launched this week at ₹399 per month with UPI, offering higher usage limits and added capabilities over the free tier.
  • The expansion enters a crowded field with free or bundled access from Google’s Gemini and Perplexity, and it coincides with legal claims by Indian publishers over training data that OpenAI disputes.