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OpenAI Appoints Sandhya Devanathan to Lead Southeast Asia and Australia

Sandhya Devanathan

August 28, 2026 – OpenAI is strengthening its leadership structure across Asia-Pacific with the appointment of Sandhya Devanathan, former Meta executive, to lead its operations across Southeast Asia and Australia. Devanathan is expected to take charge in October 2026 and will become OpenAI’s senior-most leader for the region. Her responsibilities will include driving consumer growth, … Read more

ChatGPT Down Today: OpenAI Investigates Image Generation Outage Affecting Users Worldwide

Chatgpt

Dubai: Thousands of users across multiple regions experienced service disruptions on ChatGPT on Tuesday after OpenAI confirmed an outage affecting several of its AI-powered services. The issue primarily impacted image generation, while some users also reported problems accessing older conversations, Custom GPTs, Codex, and workspace-related features. The disruption triggered a spike in user complaints on … Read more

EXL to Acquire iMerit in $310 Million Deal

EXL to acquire iMerit Technology

Artificial intelligence is rapidly moving from experimentation to enterprise-wide deployment, and organizations are increasingly seeking partners capable of building trustworthy, domain-specific AI solutions. In one of the biggest AI-focused acquisitions of the year, EXL (NASDAQ: EXLS) has announced a definitive agreement to acquire AI model training and reinforcement learning specialist iMerit in a transaction valued … Read more

Neysa Secures $30 Million in Series A Funding to Accelerate AI Innovation

Neysa, a pioneering AI Acceleration Cloud System provider, has successfully raised $30 million in Series A funding, co-led by existing investors NTTVC, Z47 (formerly Matrix Partners India), and Nexus Venture Partners. This latest investment follows Neysa’s earlier $20 million seed round this year, showcasing strong investor confidence in its mission to accelerate generative AI innovation … Read more