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Meet Uday Ruddarraju: OpenAI New CTO Driving Massive AI Infrastructure Expansion
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CNBC TV18•16-10-2026, 13:01
Meet Uday Ruddarraju: OpenAI New CTO Driving Massive AI Infrastructure Expansion
- •OpenAI has appointed former xAI executive Uday Ruddarraju as its Chief Technology Officer for Compute to lead its data centre and computing operations.
- •Ruddarraju succeeds Sachin Katti, who will step down from the infrastructure leadership role and transition into an advisory position.
- •Born in Hyderabad and educated at CBIT and the University of Minnesota, Ruddarraju brings extensive experience from xAI, Robinhood, and eBay.
- •His responsibilities include overseeing infrastructure operations, developing custom chips, and strengthening partnerships with major tech providers like Nvidia.
- •The leadership change comes as OpenAI ramps up investments to build the massive physical computing capacity required for future AI models.
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Uday Ruddarraju is a former xAI executive who serves as OpenAI's Chief Technology Officer for Compute. He oversees the company's computing and infrastructure operations, driving data center capacity expansion and supporting advanced AI model research.
Uday Ruddarraju succeeded Sachin Katti, who stepped down from his infrastructure leadership role. Katti transitioned out of the position to continue as an adviser to OpenAI.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has indicated that the company could spend trillions of dollars on the physical infrastructure required for future AI models. Additionally, a CNBC report noted that OpenAI was expected to spend approximately $600 billion on computing by 2030.
