OpenAI Compute Lead Sachin Katti to Depart as Ruddarraju Takes Over Infrastructure
According to Bloomberg (reporter Dina Bass), OpenAI is reshuffling the leadership of its infrastructure and compute business: compute CTO Uday Ruddarraju will take over the infrastructure operations previously led by Sachin Katti, who will step down in the coming weeks and move into an advisory role. This is yet another senior personnel change within OpenAI's data center expansion team and worth watching.
Confirmed
- Bloomberg reports that Ruddarraju has been appointed to lead OpenAI's infrastructure and compute business. A former xAI executive, he joined OpenAI last year and became compute CTO in July.
- Katti will step down as head of infrastructure within weeks and become an advisor. He joined OpenAI from Intel in November 2025, making his tenure roughly one year.
Not yet confirmed
- Polymarket chatter suggests Katti will leave OpenAI next month, but OpenAI has not officially responded to details of the personnel change.
Why it matters
- Compute is one of OpenAI's most expensive and most critical business lines, and a change in the infrastructure lead directly affects the pace of its data center expansion.
- Katti's departure after only about a year, combined with Ruddarraju having just become compute CTO in July, points to frequent leadership turnover in this division—possibly reflecting internal adjustment pressure around OpenAI's compute scale-up.
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Primary sources
- [source] OpenAI Names Former xAI Exec Uday Ruddarraju to Lead Infra and Compute — dinabass · 2026-10-14
- OpenAI's computing chief Sachin Katti reportedly leaving after just one year — Polymarket · 2026-10-15
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