OpenAI Taps Ex-xAI Exec Ruddarraju to Lead Compute — SkimNews
Get the Tech newsletter
Daily tech — startups, AI labs, chips, the launches that shape the next decade. Free.
- OpenAI named former xAI executive Uday Ruddarraju to lead its infrastructure and compute businesses, unifying the two functions under one leader.
- Uday Ruddarraju joined OpenAI last year and was promoted to CTO for compute in July before being tapped to oversee the company's infrastructure operations.
Why it matters: OpenAI has placed its infrastructure and compute businesses under a single leader who joined from competitor xAI just last year, consolidating the physical capacity behind its AI models under one decision-maker with prior experience at a rival lab.
Ask SkimNews
