AI Wants to Answer Your Phone Now: Equal AI’s $30 Million Bet on the Future of Call Screening in IndiaIndian startup Equal AI has raised $30 million to expand its AI-powered call screening platform that answers and filters calls on users' be...
12 Jun, 2026, 05.39 PM IST
India well set to lead AI adoption & growth: Meta senior executiveIndia is well placed to lead global AI adoption, backed by a large developer base, growing startups, and nearly 800 million internet users,...
28 Jan, 2026, 09.44 AM IST
India powers Meta’s $1 billion paid messaging businessSandhya Devanathan, who now heads Meta’s India and Southeast Asia region, said the region constitutes a large chunk of users for Meta platf...
15 Jan, 2026, 11.58 AM IST
Meta appoints Arun Srinivas as its India headArun Srinivas was previously heading Meta's ad business in India. Under this role, Srinivas oversaw business strategy and revenue growth fo...
16 Jun, 2025, 03.37 PM IST
Meta India chief Sandhya Devanathan’s role expanded to include Southeast AsiaIn a LinkedIn post, Dan Neary also announced that he would be exiting his role of Asia Pacific head, after 12 years with the company. Meta ...
15 May, 2025, 11.03 AM IST
Meta's Sandhya Devanathan sees India as key market for growthMeta sees India as a key market. The company enjoys high user engagement across platforms like Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads. ...
25 Nov, 2024, 01.28 PM IST
PwC India collaborates with Meta to expand open-source AI solutionsPwC India partners with Meta to enhance and scale AI solutions using Meta's Llama models. This collaboration aims to democratize Generative...
11 Oct, 2024, 03.48 PM IST
India a key priority market; Reels, biz messaging supercharging growth: Meta's Sandhya DevanathanIn an interview with PTI, Meta India vice president Sandhya Devanathan said India is the leading market for short-form video Reels' watch-t...
15 Sep, 2024, 04.42 PM IST
WhatsApp getting AI assistants for small companies to customise adsAfter disrupting the SMS channel, WhatsApp is piloting calling functionality for large enterprises, which could cause a channel shift from ...
13 Sep, 2024, 06.01 AM IST
Meta announces partnership with ONDC to support small businesses in IndiaONDC will help the businesses become seller apps and onboard onto their network.
19 Dec, 2023, 06.17 PM IST
WhatsApp means business as monetisation plans take shapeFeatures soon to expand company's ambitious bet on WhatsApp Pay in India, said Meta India head Sandhya Devanathan.
20 Sep, 2023, 06.00 AM IST
India a priority market with limitless possibilities: Meta India head Sandhya DevanathanIn an interview with PTI, Sandhya Devanathan, who took over the leadership role in January this year, said India's new Digital Personal Dat...
05 Sep, 2023, 02.05 PM IST
Meta's head of partnerships in India Manish Chopra steps downMeta's Director and Head of Partnerships in India, Manish Chopra took to LinkedIn late on Tuesday night to announce that he was stepping do...
17 May, 2023, 11.26 AM IST
Meta to continue investing in India region, says country head Sandhya DevanathanAccording to Devanathan, Indian businesses are more thoughtful about where they invest their money, but there is no doubt that they are sti...
10 May, 2023, 06.00 AM IST
Meta excited about India's prospects, says India VP Sandhya DevanathanInternet giant Meta Inc is also “future focused” and thinking about XR (extended reality), said Sandhya Devanathan, India vice president at...
28 Mar, 2023, 09.42 PM IST
Sandhya Devanathan is Meta India’s new head; Amazon begins mass layoffsMeta appointed Sandhya Devanathan as its India head on Thursday, a week after WhatsApp India chief Abhijit Bose left the technology firm, c...
17 Nov, 2022, 08.02 PM IST
Meta appoints Sandhya Devanathan as India headSandhya Devanathan will focus on bringing the organisation’s business and revenue priorities together and report to Dan Neary, vice preside...
17 Nov, 2022, 02.20 PM IST