OpenAI has named former Uber India chief Prabhjeet Singh as its India Managing Director while unveiling GPT-5.6 Sol, a new AI model update featuring enhanced safety protections and enterprise-focused safeguards.
Former Uber India head Prabhjeet Singh has been appointed as OpenAI's Managing Director for India, leading the company's consumer growth, enterprise adoption and strategic partnerships in the country. | LinkedIn/prabhjeetsingh1
OpenAI has strengthened its India strategy by appointing former Uber India head Prabhjeet Singh as its Managing Director for India while introducing GPT-5.6 Sol, a new model update that the company says includes its strongest safety protections to date.
The twin announcements underscore India’s growing importance in OpenAI’s global expansion plans. Alongside scaling ChatGPT and enterprise services in one of the world’s largest digital markets, the company is also seeking to reassure businesses and governments about the safety of increasingly capable AI systems.
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Singh will become OpenAI’s most senior executive in India. He will oversee consumer growth, enterprise adoption and strategic partnerships across the country.
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The appointment comes as OpenAI deepens its presence in India, where ChatGPT adoption has grown rapidly. The company has also been working with startups, enterprises and government-backed skilling initiatives as it expands the use of its AI products.
According to the company, Singh’s role will include driving the adoption of ChatGPT, enterprise APIs and developer platforms in the Indian market.
Alongside the leadership announcement, OpenAI introduced GPT-5.6 Sol with what it described as a significantly strengthened safety framework.
In a post on X, the company said, “We strengthened real-time protections against high-risk cyber activity and repeated misuse, then spent weeks hardening the system with human red teaming and over 700,000 A100-equivalent GPU hours of automated testing.”
OpenAI said the updated protections are enabled by default.
The company said recent updates have focused on improving model reliability and safeguards as AI developers face increasing scrutiny over deploying powerful models responsibly.
According to the announcement, GPT-5.6 Sol includes layered protections intended to prevent jailbreak attempts, malware generation and other forms of misuse. OpenAI also highlighted the scale of testing conducted before the rollout, saying the model underwent more than 700,000 A100-equivalent GPU hours of automated testing in addition to human red teaming.
OpenAI did not disclose further technical details about GPT-5.6 Sol beyond its enhanced safety stack.
OpenAI said India continues to be an important market for expanding consumer and enterprise adoption. As the country develops its own AI regulations and data policies, the company believes local leadership will play an important role in building partnerships and supporting compliance efforts.
Singh’s responsibilities span consumer growth as well as enterprise adoption, signalling OpenAI’s plans to deepen its engagement across sectors including banking, IT services, education and digital public infrastructure.
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