OpenAI plans Mumbai and Bengaluru offices to serve users and partners

Launches ‘OpenAI for India’ initiative with 100 MW sovereign AI infrastructure plan and large-scale enterprise rollout with Tata Group.

OpenAI has announced its plan to open new offices in Mumbai and Bengaluru later this year as part of a broader push to deepen its presence in India under a nationwide initiative called “OpenAI for India.”

The company already has a presence in New Delhi and said the expansion is aimed at better serving enterprise customers, developers and partners across the country.

The announcement was made at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in Delhi, where OpenAI outlined plans to expand access to AI, build sovereign infrastructure, accelerate enterprise adoption and strengthen the local ecosystem.

India is now home to over 100 million weekly ChatGPT users, including students, developers, teachers and entrepreneurs.

OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, said, India is already leading the way in AI adoption, and with its homegrown tech talent, optimism about what AI can do for the country, and strong government support, it is well placed to help shape its future and how democratic AI is adopted at scale.

Through OpenAI for India, the aim is to build the infrastructure, skills, and local partnerships needed to build AI with India, for India, and in India, he added.

The announcement comes just two days after US-based Anthropic formally opened its Bengaluru office, as the country emerges as Claude’s second-largest market globally.

Anthropic said its India run-rate revenue has doubled since its October 2025 expansion announcement, reflecting growing adoption among enterprises, digital natives and startups building on Claude.

To develop local, AI-ready data centres

As part of the global Stargate initiative, OpenAI and Tata Group are partnering to develop local, AI-ready data centre capacity designed for data residency, security, and long-term domestic capability.

OpenAI will become the first customer of Tata Consultancy Services’ HyperVault data centre business.

Earlier today, TCS said the partnership will begin with 100 MW of capacity and with potential to scale to 1 GW over time.

This will enable OpenAI’s models to run securely in India, delivering lower latency while meeting data residency, security, and compliance requirements for mission-critical and government workloads.

Tata Group will deploy ChatGPT Enterprise across Tata’s workforce, with TCS adopting Codex for AI-native development.

This builds on recent partnerships with leading companies in India, including JioHotstar, Eternal, Pine Labs, Cars24, HCLTech, PhonePe, CRED, and MakeMyTrip.

According to OpenAI, over 100,000 ChatGPT Edu licences will be rolled out through partnerships with institutions including the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.