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Monday, September 14, 2026
AI Lately

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Lately
Fidji SimoNscaleas Independent Director· Sep 11Josh EngelsMETRas Researcher· Sep 10Joe BentonMETRas Researcher· Sep 10Alan DuongCrux AIas Chief Development Officer· Sep 10Paul ChristianoOpenAI Foundationas Board Member, Safety and Security Committee· Sep 9Jacob CoxonIndependentas Independent AI Safety Advocate· Sep 8Geoffrey IrvingMathematical AI Safety Instituteas Scientific Advisory Panel Member· Sep 8Paul ChristianoMathematical AI Safety Instituteas Scientific Advisory Panel Member· Sep 8Fidji SimoNscaleas Independent Director· Sep 11Josh EngelsMETRas Researcher· Sep 10Joe BentonMETRas Researcher· Sep 10Alan DuongCrux AIas Chief Development Officer· Sep 10Paul ChristianoOpenAI Foundationas Board Member, Safety and Security Committee· Sep 9Jacob CoxonIndependentas Independent AI Safety Advocate· Sep 8Geoffrey IrvingMathematical AI Safety Instituteas Scientific Advisory Panel Member· Sep 8Paul ChristianoMathematical AI Safety Instituteas Scientific Advisory Panel Member· Sep 8

Person

Alan Duong

Lately: Crux AI as Chief Development Officer, from Meta.

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Recorded moves

  1. Alan Duong → Crux AI as Chief Development Officer, from Meta (Vice President, Head of Data Center Engineering and Construction)

    Duong carries twelve years of Meta's AI data center buildout playbook into Crux AI's freshly launched, Google-and-Blackstone-backed bid to sell TPU capacity at the scale GPU neoclouds already command.

    hireconfirmedData Center Dynamics: Google-Blackstone's TPU neocloud named Crux AI, hires Meta's data center engineering head Alan DuongSep 10, 2026