Uday Ruddarraju
Reported as a former head of infrastructure engineering at xAI who joined OpenAI in July 2025 and was named its CTO of Compute in July 2026.
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- Unknown start → 2025 · year-only precisionInterval · stated start and end onlyHeld role at xAI · head of infrastructureDatacenterDynamics reported on 20 July 2026 that Uday Ruddarraju was the head of infrastructure at xAI until 2025.Source published 2026-07-20 · retrospective source · Stated in source · Supported Rests on reportingRead through a reader relayInspect claim & evidence ↗
- from 2025-07 (stated in Uday Ruddarraju named OpenAI's CTO of Compute, 2026-07-20) · month-only precisionInterval · stated start and end onlyHeld role at OpenAI · head of compute and infrastructureDatacenterDynamics reported on 20 July 2026 that Uday Ruddarraju had joined OpenAI in July 2025 as head of compute and infrastructure.Source published 2026-07-20 · Stated in source · Supported Rests on reportingRead through a reader relayInspect claim & evidence ↗
- 2026-07-18 · snapshotSnapshot · one dated reportHeld role at OpenAI · Chief Technology Officer, Compute (as reported)exchange4media reported on 18 July 2026 that Uday Ruddarraju had been elevated to Chief Technology Officer, Compute at OpenAI, having earlier been Head of Compute and Infrastructure.OpenAI’s Sachin Katti to leave infrastructure role, stay on as advisor: published 2026-10-14 · retrospective source · Uday Ruddarraju elevated as Open AI CTO of Compute: published 2026-07-18 · Stated in source · Supported Rests on reportingRead through a reader relayInspect claim & evidence ↗
- 2026-10-14 · snapshotSnapshot · one dated reportHeld role at OpenAI · Leader of the overall compute organisation (as reported)CNBC reported on 14 October 2026 that, according to an OpenAI spokesperson, Uday Ruddarraju, OpenAI’s CTO of compute, would replace Sachin Katti and lead the company’s overall compute organisation.Source published 2026-10-14 · Stated in source · Supported AnnouncedRests on reportingRead through a reader relayInspect claim & evidence ↗
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Records: Uday Ruddarraju → held role at → xAI
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Records: Uday Ruddarraju → held role at → xAI · Uday Ruddarraju → held role at → OpenAI
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Records: Uday Ruddarraju → held role at → OpenAI · Uday Ruddarraju → held role at → OpenAI · Uday Ruddarraju → held role at → OpenAI
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