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Sripriya Iyer moves on from Spotify India
MUMBAI: A specialist in media and entertainment recruitment and people management. That’s Sripriya Iyer for you. The HR professional is all set to depart from Spotify India with December being her last month of working with the audio streamer as senior recruiter, India.
Sripriya has about 19 years of recruiting experience beginning with Accenture, joining BigFM for more than six years. She settled down at recruitment ABC Consultants for more 17 years according to her Linkedin profile. And then came her move to Spotify India where she helped the organisation grow its talent pool.
Said the commerce graduate and post-graduate diploma holder in HR: “My Spotify wrapped snapshot in the last 2.7 years says, innumerable memories, relentless hours of work and play, building some of the best teams and working amongst them and above all learning from the best! Spotify is a dream come true and will always be one! “
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OpenAI’s Stargate lead Peter Hoeschele exits with two senior leaders
Trio behind compute push set to join new startup amid leadership reshuffle
SAN FRANCISCO: Peter Hoeschele, a key figure behind OpenAI’s early Stargate data centre initiative, has exited the company, according to a report by The Information.
The departure is part of a broader leadership shift, with two other senior executives, Shamez Hemani and Anuj Saharan, also set to leave in the coming days. All three are expected to join the same new startup, although details about the venture remain under wraps.
The trio played a central role in OpenAI’s Stargate effort, an initiative aimed at building large-scale data centre capacity in-house to reduce reliance on external infrastructure providers. Their exits mark a notable moment for the company’s compute strategy as it continues to scale rapidly.
OpenAI spokesperson said in a statement to The Information, “We’re grateful for the contributions Peter, Shamez, and Anuj have made to OpenAI and wish them the very best in what comes next.” The company also pointed to the recent appointment of Sachin Katti to lead its industrial compute organisation, signalling continuity in its infrastructure roadmap.
OpenAI has indicated that it does not plan to directly replace Hoeschele’s role, suggesting a possible restructuring of responsibilities within the team.
As competition intensifies in the race to build next-generation AI systems, leadership changes in core infrastructure teams are likely to draw close attention. For now, the spotlight shifts to what this departing trio builds next, and how OpenAI adapts as it scales its ambitions.
