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#fame organizes an interactive session #famestarsLive
MUMBAI: Live video entertainment app #fame has launched #famestarsLive – a series of ground meet ups to evangelize the power of live video.
The four-hour long interactive session had three panellist – film critic Raja Sen, cricket columnist Ayaz Memon (aka Cricketwallah) and #famestar Pavleen Gujral along with 50 leading influencers. The event was hosted by #fame VP – content Ankit Vengurlekar
Addressing the inaugural event, #fame CEO Saket Saurabh said, “We believe that live video is a huge inflection point for the digital space and as pioneers of this in India, we are committed to evangelizing its power across stakeholders. #famestarsLive is a great platform for influencers to share their learning and experiences.”
“Live-streaming marks a truly unique kind of programming. I love the fact that there is no production or post-production process and there is a democratisation of the medium – anyone can shoot and go live, and it’s spontaneous and instant. The fact that there is real-time feedback on the app makes it fascinating,” he further added.
Highlighting the power of Live Video, Memon recalled, “I remember my first international tour to Pakistan in 1982, I would finish watching the day’s play and then run to the Central Telegraph Office to telex my review of the day’s play. My editor in Bombay would receive the tape at his end, key it in again, get bromides made after, which would come the plates to be put on the printing press and hours later, my words would see the light of day.”
Memon further added, “Following all that, there could be zero feedback from the audience. The internet has been as significant as the invention of the wheel and rapid improvements in technology have made dissemination of information so much more dynamic. Look at the #fame app now. You can go Live instantly from any part of the world and get instant feedback from viewers via chat. I love how instant and real time our world has become. I have started using the app so I don’t become a dinosaur in this uber connected generation.”
#famestar Pavleen, who talks about Health and Wellness on the app daily, said, “I am a nutritionist and people send me questions like if they can use one particular type of supplement or not. The interaction on the chat can be that personal or individual. And there are others who want to discuss their diet chart, in that case I share my email ids with them and connect further.”
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OpenAI hires Arjun Gupta as its first solutions architect in India
Former startup CTO joins OpenAI to help Indian founders scale AI systems
BENGALURU: OpenAI has appointed Arjun Gupta as its first solutions architect in India, signalling a sharper on-ground push as the country’s startups and enterprises race from AI pilots to production.
Gupta announced the move on LinkedIn, saying he had joined OpenAI’s go-to-market team to work directly with founders building on GPT models, multimodal systems and agent-based AI. His mandate: help companies move beyond demos into live, scalable deployments.
The hire reflects a shift in India’s AI market. After a frenzy of experimentation, demand is rising for hands-on architectural support as firms attempt to operationalise AI across products, sales and customer support.
Before OpenAI, Gupta was co-founder and CTO at AuraML, a generative robotics simulation and synthetic data startup that raised $1.23 million. The company worked with technology heavyweights including Nvidia, Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud. His experience spans cloud-native infrastructure, machine-learning training and production-grade AI pipelines.
Writing about the move, Gupta said he had spent recent years building AI systems from the ground up, scaling infrastructure and delivering customer-facing solutions. He described India as being at an inflection point, citing deep technical talent, strong entrepreneurial momentum and rapidly improving AI tooling.
The appointment also dovetails with OpenAI’s expanding enterprise strategy. Earlier this week, the company unveiled the Frontier Alliance, a programme built around its Frontier platform and backed by consulting firms such as Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey & Company, Accenture and Capgemini.
Under the initiative, OpenAI’s forward-deployed engineers will work alongside consultants to embed AI agents into enterprise workflows, from software development to sales and support.
As competition intensifies, OpenAI finds itself jostling with rivals such as Anthropic and technology giants including Google, all courting large organisations eager for AI-driven transformation. OpenAI argues its approach allows firms to modernise without ripping out existing systems, while gaining closer access to its research and engineering teams.
