Rackspace Technology® (NASDAQ: RXT), a global enterprise AI infrastructure and solutions provider, announced the appointment of Chetan Gupta, Ph.D., as Chief AI Officer. Gupta will lead the Office of AI, with responsibility for Rackspace's AI strategy, research, innovation, governance, and adoption across the company and its customers. His appointment strengthens Rackspace's ability to help institutions deploy AI safely, economically, and at scale in regulated industries, sovereign jurisdictions, and mission-critical operations. Gupta joins Rackspace after nearly a decade leading global AI research at Hitachi, where he served as General Manager of the Advanced AI Center in Japan, Vice President of the Industrial AI Lab in North America, and head of Hitachi's Global AI Center of Excellence. His work was instrumental in Hitachi's evolution toward Physical AI, building systems for railways, energy grids, factories, and buildings. Earlier in his career, he spent seven years at HP Labs translating advanced AI research into deployed solutions across logistics, manufacturing, energy, and mobility. He has authored nearly 300 papers and patents. Gajen Kandiah, CEO of Rackspace Technology, said Gupta's career building AI for institutions, including trains, grids, and factories, brings the discipline customers need as they move AI into production inside regulated and sovereign environments. Gupta stated that AI has reached an inflection point, and the hard problem is trust, adding that Rackspace operates the full stack for institutions that cannot afford to get