OpenAI's latest initiative, IndQA, introduces a benchmark for evaluating AI's reasoning across 12 Indian languages and 10 cultural domains. This marks a significant first, as Indian languages are benchmarked by a global large language model platform. Collaborating with 261 domain experts, IndQA aims to enhance AI understanding of cultural nuances and everyday life in India, which hosts OpenAI’s second-largest user base after the U.S. This development could reshape AI’s localization efforts.