New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- OpenAI has elevated Indian-American technology executive Uday Ruddarraju to oversee its infrastructure and computing operations as the ChatGPT developer ramps up investments in data centres and the technology needed to power advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models.

Born in Hyderabad, Ruddarraju studied at the Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology (CBIT) before pursuing higher education at the University of Minnesota. Before joining OpenAI, he worked at Elon Musk's AI venture xAI, where he built experience in infrastructure engineering and large-scale computing systems.

Ruddarraju, who joined OpenAI in 2025, was named chief technology officer for compute in July 2026, according to Bloomberg. His latest app...