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)

Sandhya Devanathan, Meta's Vice President for India and Southeast Asia, is departing the social media company to join OpenAI. At OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, Devanathan will be responsible for overseeing consumer growth and enterprise adoption across Southeast Asia and Australia. This move marks a significant transition for Devanathan from a major social media platform to a leading AI research and deployment company.