Pocket FM has appointed former Meta AI scientist Vasu Sharma as Head of AI, where he will lead the platform’s AI research and applied innovation efforts, reporting to co-founder Prateek Dixit. Sharma, who previously worked on models such as Llama and Chameleon and has authored over 90 research papers, will focus on advancing Pocket FM’s AI-led storytelling, narrative generation, localisation and creator-centric tools to scale fiction-driven content globally.