Tuesday, 31 March, 2026
xAI's Head of Infrastructure Uday Ruddarraju Joins OpenAI, Boosting Rapid Compute Scale
By Isha
Uday Ruddarraju, former Head of Infrastructure Engineering at Elon Musk’s xAI—where he led the Colossus supercomputer and Grok 3 training—has resigned and joined OpenAI’s scaling team. His move marks a significant talent poach amid growing behind-the-scenes war for AI compute expertise. OpenAI is reinforcing its backend infrastructure, particularly via its Stargate data-centre project, highlighting intensifying competition across the industry.
Read full story at Economic Times