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Ben Chess

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Solutions Architect at Crusoe

Ben Chess helped design and operate the large computing clusters behind OpenAI’s early models. He later co-founded Atero AI to make those systems faster and more efficient; Crusoe acquired the company in 2025 and integrated its technology into its AI cloud.

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Background

Current role
Solutions Architect Aug 2025-present
Previously
Jul 2024-Aug 2025Field CTO & Co-founder,
Jul 2022-Aug 2023Applied Engineering Infrastructure,
Jan 2019-Jul 2022Supercomputing,
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Last editorial review: August 23, 2026
Ben Chess: Engineer profile · Turing Tree