India, Aug. 28 -- Chaya Nayak, a long-time Meta executive, has announced that she is leaving the social media giant to join OpenAI. The Indian-origin employee's departure signals a notable loss for Mark Zuckerberg, who now faces the challenge of replacing one of Meta's key AI researchers.

In a detailed LinkedIn post, Nayak reflected on her 10-year journey at Meta, recalling how she started with the Data for Good initiative. "I remember my first weeks at Facebook like they were yesterday. I joined to help jumpstart Data for Good, an effort to show how data and AI/ML could benefit the world. What started as a bold experiment grew into the foundation of my career," she wrote.

Nayak shared that over the years, she held key roles at the soci...