OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman announced on Friday that he will be visiting India in September, highlighting that “AI adoption in India has been amazing to watch—ChatGPT users grew 4x in the past year.

OpenAI will set up its first office in India this year, CEO Sam Altman announced on Friday, highlighting the growing users of ChatGPT in the country. Sam Altman also informed that he will visit India next month.

OpenAI, the parent of ChatGPT, has appointed Sheeladitya Mohanty as its Marketing Lead for India. The news was shared by Mohanty on his LinkedIn profile. “Excited to join OpenAI as the Marketing Lead for India and contribute to the mission of building AGI for the benefit of humanity,” Mohanty wrote in a post announcing the news.

OpenAI has debuted its cheapest subscription yet for India only, product head Nick Turley announced on X. Called ChatGPT Go, the 390 rupee ($4.60) GPT-5 plan will offers users 10 times more message limits,

OpenAI’s latest language model, GPT-5, may be more powerful and accurate than its predecessors, but the company has warned users not to treat ChatGPT as their main source of information.

OpenAI is working on a cheaper plan called ChatGPT Go, and we previously thought it would be just limited to a few regions like India, but that may not be the case.

OpenAI recently launched ChatGPT Go, a new subscription tier for its service in India for roughly $5/month. However, the new tier has been received with mixed reactions.