From The Next Web · Ana Maria Constantin · · 1m 10s
OpenAI puts compute under xAI veteran Ruddarraju
Uday Ruddarraju, who ran infrastructure at Elon Musk's xAI, takes over OpenAI's data centre and compute operations as Sachin Katti steps back to advise.
In brief
Uday Ruddarraju, who ran infrastructure at Elon Musk's xAI, takes over OpenAI's data centre and compute operations as Sachin Katti steps back to advise. OpenAI consolidated compute and infrastructure under Uday Ruddarraju, formerly of xAI, as Sachin Katti transitions to an advisory role after leading the company's…
Ruddarraju takes compute and infrastructure
OpenAI has consolidated compute and infrastructure under Uday Ruddarraju, who previously ran infrastructure at Elon Musk's xAI until July twenty twenty-five.
Katti steps back after leading Stargate
Sachin Katti, who oversaw infrastructure including the thirty billion dollar Georgia build, leaves the role within weeks and stays on as an adviser.
“Sachin has done an incredible job maintaining the commercial partnerships”
Ruddarraju's track record at xAI
Ruddarraju joined OpenAI in July twenty twenty-five and became chief technology officer for compute this July. At xAI he worked on the Grok three training run across one hundred thousand GPUs.
OpenAI's compute plans remain US-focused
OpenAI paused Stargate UK in April citing British electricity prices more than four times US levels. Most of the eight hundred fifty six billion dollar compute bill will be spent across the Atlantic.
The key point
OpenAI consolidated compute and infrastructure under Uday Ruddarraju, formerly of xAI, as Sachin Katti transitions to an advisory role after leading the company's major data centre projects.
