Pranshu Verma

Pranshu Verma is an investigative journalist with a focus on technology's societal impact and geopolitical dynamics. He joined The Washington Post in 2022, where he pioneered coverage of AI's effects on human lives, including human-chatbot relationships and extremist groups' misuse of AI. His reporting triggered Congressional inquiries into OpenAI's practices and contributed to the Pulitzer-finalist 'Rising India, Toxic Tech' series. Previously, he covered transportation and State Department at The New York Times, technology at The Boston Globe, and New Jersey politics at The Philadelphia Inquirer. Verma holds a finance degree from the University of Delaware and a journalism master's from Columbia. As New Delhi bureau chief starting April 2025, he will prioritize India's geopolitical strategies under Modi, US-India relations, and tech-driven authoritarianism, collaborating with India correspondent Karishma Mehrotra and researcher Anant Gupta.