Leadersby GlyphSandhya Devanathan
Joins OpenAI as Head of Southeast Asia and Australia · Aug 28, 2026 · News
Why, in the source's words
Meta’s India and Southeast Asia vice president, Sandhya Devanathan, is leaving the social media giant to join OpenAI, the ChatGPT maker told TechCrunch.
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About this move
- Type
- Poached
- Role
- Other
- Announced
- Aug 28, 2026 2 months ago
- Effective
- Not stated
- Source
- TechCrunch
- Checked
- Found by the daily agent, approved by hand