Uday Ruddarraju elevated as Open AI CTO of Compute

Ruddarraju joined OpenAI in July 2025 after stepping down as Head of Infrastructure Engineering at xAI

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Published: Jul 18, 2026 9:15 AM  | 1 min read
Uday Ruddarraju Named CTO of Compute at OpenAI
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Open AI's Uday Ruddarraju has been elevated as the Chief Technology Officer, Compute. 

He was earlier Head of Compute and Infrastructure. 

Ruddarraju joined OpenAI in July 2025 after stepping down as Head of Infrastructure Engineering at xAI. 

Prior to that, he was with financial services firm Robinhood for nearly 7 years and with eBay from 2013 to 2018. 

Published On: Jul 18, 2026 9:15 AM