OpenAI Names Former xAI Exec Uday Ruddarraju to Lead Infra and Compute
dinabass · x · 2026-10-14
Per Bloomberg's Dina Bass, OpenAI has named former xAI executive Uday Ruddarraju to lead its infrastructure and compute businesses, the latest leadership shakeup in its data-center expansion push. Ruddarraju joined OpenAI last year and became CTO of compute in July. Sachin Katti, who oversaw the infrastructure unit, will transition out over the next few weeks and stay on as an adviser; GPT-Infra work will move under chip chief Richard Ho.
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