JioHotstar CEO Kiran Mani exits for OpenAI after scaling India streaming to ~300M subs
Mani departs in June leaving JioHotstar at 280-300M paying users, with $4B annual sports spend, contextual Swiggy commerce during cricket and shoppable Bigg Boss looks. Successor inherits AI-driven discovery, 12-language dubbing and 10,000 content traits powering India's largest OTT.
JioHotstar CEO Kiran Mani exits in June for OpenAI after scaling India's streaming subscriber base to ~300 million. Platform integrates contextual commerce with Swiggy food orders during cricket and shoppable Bigg Boss looks, plus AI-driven discovery via ChatGPT.