India, Aug. 26 -- OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has opened its first office in India, establishing a new unit in New Delhi. The move follows a period of rapid growth for the company in the country, which is now ChatGPT's second-largest user base after the United States. OpenAI has also started local hiring, signalling its plans to strengthen its relationships with the government, businesses, and the developer community.

India has emerged as a key market for OpenAI. The company has seen a fourfold increase in weekly active users in the past year. India also has the largest population of students using ChatGPT worldwide and ranks among the top five developer markets on the OpenAI platform.

Although India's technology sector is facin...