# Ross Nordeen

> Ross Nordeen is an xAI co-founder and former Tesla technical program manager whose work centered on the compute infrastructure behind large AI systems. He left xAI in March 2026 as its last remaining non-Musk co-founder and said in May that he was joining Anthropic to focus on compute.

- **Role:** Compute, Anthropic
- **Organizations:** Anthropic, xAI, Tesla
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Michigan Technological University
- **Known for:** Co-founded xAI in 2023., Played a major part in xAI’s compute strategy and the hardware and software bring-up of its data centers, according to SemiAnalysis., Worked on Tesla’s supercomputing infrastructure before joining xAI.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2023** — Worked as a technical program manager in Tesla’s supercomputing and machine learning division.
- **2022** — Helped with a hurried server relocation during Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, according to Walter Isaacson’s account as reported by Business Insider.
- **2023** — Left Tesla and joined xAI as a co-founder.
- **2024** — Helped bring up the compute infrastructure behind xAI’s Colossus cluster in Memphis.
- **2026-03** — Left xAI as the last remaining co-founder apart from Elon Musk.
- **2026-05** — Said he was joining Anthropic to focus on compute.

## Achievements

- Co-founded xAI in 2023.
- Played a major part in xAI’s compute strategy and the hardware and software bring-up of its data centers, according to SemiAnalysis.
- Worked on Tesla’s supercomputing infrastructure before joining xAI.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Announced a move to Anthropic to focus on compute.
- **2026-03** — Departed xAI as its last remaining non-Musk co-founder.

## Links

- Twitter/X: https://x.com/rpoo

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Last updated: 2026-09-29