Who is Uday Ruddarraju? The Indian-Origin Engineer Who Left #ElonMusk 's $XAI for OpenAI 🌟

🚀 Uday Ruddarraju - The brilliant Indian-origin engineer, once the head of infrastructure engineering at xAI, has resigned after a monumental year, leaving an indelible mark on AI tech.

💥 Colossus & Grok 3: His Legacy at xAI

At xAI, Ruddarraju helped build Colossus – a supercomputer with 250,000 GPUs, one of the largest in the world! 💻🔥 He also led the training of Grok 3, overseeing the largest pre-training run ever across 100,000 GPUs.

🧠 From eBay to xAI

With a Master’s in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota, Uday started his career at eBay and Robinhood. In June 2024, he joined xAI & X (formerly Twitter) as Head of Infrastructure Engineering, responsible for everything from compute, networking, to data platforms. 💼📊

💬 Reflecting on xAI: A Journey Beyond Expectations

In a heartfelt farewell on X and LinkedIn, Ruddarraju shared:

“When I joined, I thought deploying 100K GPUs in 4 months was impossible. But seeing us double that and successfully train Grok 3 was a proud moment. I was happy to be wrong.” 💡💪

🙏 Gratitude & What’s Next?

Ruddarraju thanked the infrastructure and research teams, calling Colossus and Grok 3 career highlights. He also praised Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, celebrating the team's power to achieve the impossible. 💫 And as for the future? He's excited for what's next. 🚀✨

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