OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will visit India on February 5 and is expected to meet key govt officials, including PM Narendra Modi and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, is likely to visit India on February 5 and meet PM Modi amid legal challenges and rising competition from China’s DeepSeek.

ChatGPT creator OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman is likely to visit India on February 5, sources said on Monday, adding that the high-profile founder is expected to meet top government officials and engage in an industry fireside chat during his trip.

Altman's visit, his second one in two years, comes at an interesting juncture when OpenAI's (and indeed the western world's) dominance in artificial intelligence has abruptly been challenged by Chinese upstart Deepseek,

This would be Altman's second India trip in two years and comes at a time of a lawsuit by news agency ANI and stiff competition from China's DeepSeek

Sam Altman's possible visit comes at a time when China's AI chatbot Deepseek has disrupted the artificial intelligence market, especially in the US, due to its low price.

OpeniAI CEO Sam Altman admitted the company's goals have shifted in the wake of DeepSeek staking its claim to the AI industry in a recent Reddit AMA.

SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won met with Open AI founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sam Altman in Seoul on Tuesday, discussing ways to enhance cooperation in artificial intelligence (AI), industry sources said.