Uday Ruddarraju Named CTO of Compute at OpenAI

15 Oct 2026, 2:02 pm · 1d ago · 1 min read · OfficeChai

Uday Ruddarraju, an alumnus of Hyderabad's Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology (CBIT), has been appointed as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Compute at artificial intelligence leader OpenAI. Ruddarraju joins the expanding list of Indian engineering graduates securing executive leadership positions at prominent global technology companies. In his new capacity at OpenAI, Ruddarraju will oversee the artificial intelligence giant's massive compute infrastructure, which forms the operational backbone for training and deploying foundation models like ChatGPT. His appointment highlights the increasing influence of Indian technical talent in driving core global artificial intelligence development.