[OpenAI Infrastructure Head Replaced, Former xAI Executive Ruddarraju Takes Over] According to Bloomberg, OpenAI has appointed former xAI executive Uday Ruddarraju to lead its infrastructure and compute operations. Sachin Katti, who previously headed the infrastructure division, will step down in the coming weeks and transition to an advisory role. Responsibilities related to GPT-Infra will be handled by chip lead Richard Ho. Ruddarraju joined OpenAI last year and became Chief Technology Officer of the compute division in July this year. In recent months, OpenAI's team responsible for data center procurement, financing, and construction has seen frequent personnel changes, with several senior executives involved in data center construction and the Stargate project having departed successively.