OpenAI announced that its infrastructure lead, Sachin Katti, will leave his role after about a year. He will stay with the company as an advisor and his last day is Nov. 15, 2026. Uday Ruddarraju, OpenAI’s current CTO of compute, will replace him and run the overall compute organization. The change comes as OpenAI aims for roughly $600 billion in compute spend by 2030 and faces political pushback on data‑center projects.
Why it matters
OpenAI’s new compute leader will shape the infrastructure needed for the company’s massive $600 billion‑by‑2030 AI training plan.
