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IGKnights Media appoints Jaya Oberoi as chief revenue officer
MUMBAI: IGKnights Media has appointed Jaya Oberoi as chief revenue officer. Oberoi has 17+ years of experience in media sales and corporate relations. Prior to her current assignment, she has held sales leadership roles in Network18 and Scroll Media INC. Her professional journey also includes working with Star TV, India Today, Reliance Communications, Bharti Airtel and Hughes Telecom. She will be based in Mumbai, and work closely with Abhishek Kapadia, CEO – India and UAE.
Oberoi has a rich and diversified experience in digital and offline media sales. Her professional areas of expertise includes scaling media sales on niche platforms, sales strategy, branded content, corporate relations and specializing in end-to-end operations in start-ups.
Igknights Media CEO Abhishek Kapadia said, "We are delighted to welcome Jaya, to the Igknights family. She is a seasoned sales professional with a proven track record, and her varied experience and business expertise is crucial for our ambitious expansion plans in India. Jaya, will lead Igknights direct partnerships and business alliances to achieve the company's growth plan over the next five years. She will be responsible to develop and implement our sales strategies for India, and will spearhead building new models to scale revenues through untapped channels. We look forward to her valuable contributions to our progress".
Oberoi said, "I look forward to working with the dynamic and talented young team at Igknights Media. Founded in 2016, their success story in the last three years in fragile market conditions is truly commendable, and I hope to keep the momentum going on the growth trajectory. It's a challenging and an equally exciting role to be working on a strong and evolving new age platform. I couldn't have joined at a better time, as we are in the crux of creating new products to be launched in the near future. I look forward to working with Abhishek, and the team at Igknights, to scale to newer heights."
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Three senior OpenAI infrastructure executives join Meta
Key members of Stargate project move to rival amid aggressive AI spending race.
MUMBAI: Three key architects of OpenAI’s ambitious data centre plans have switched sides and joined Meta Platforms, according to people familiar with the matter. Peter Hoeschele, who played a central role in OpenAI’s high-profile Stargate initiative, is among the new hires. He is joined by Shamez Hemani, who focused on computing strategy and business development, and Anuj Saharan, another leader in the computing organisation. The Information first reported their departure from OpenAI on Thursday.
The moves come as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has pledged to spend aggressively on AI infrastructure. The company is projecting capital expenditure of up to $135 billion this year alone, with hundreds of billions more expected before the end of the decade to support its Meta Superintelligence Labs and new models such as Muse Spark.
OpenAI, which is pushing ahead with massive data centre expansion, had described its early lead in securing computing power as a competitive advantage. Stargate, originally announced last year as a $500 billion venture involving OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank, has since become an umbrella term for the company’s broader data centre ambitions. However, the project has seen recent adjustments, including a pause on its UK plans and the decision not to expand the Abilene, Texas site.
A spokesperson for Meta declined to comment, while Hoeschele, Hemani, and Saharan also declined to comment. OpenAI said it was grateful for the contributions of the three employees and remains focused on hiring talent for its infrastructure plans. The company recently brought in former Intel executive Sachin Katti to lead its industrial compute efforts.
In the high-stakes race to build the future of artificial intelligence, talent is proving to be as valuable as computing power itself. Meta’s latest hires suggest the competition for top infrastructure minds is intensifying, even as OpenAI continues to scale its own ambitious projects. The move highlights how quickly the AI talent war is heating up across Silicon Valley.
