--- title: Why I’m Joining the PyTorch Foundation – PyTorch | daily.dev description: Mark Collier announces his appointment as Executive Director of the PyTorch Foundation, succeeding Matt White who becomes CTO. He emphasizes that the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/why-i-m-joining-the-pytorch-foundation-pytorch-pbgbrzxiy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Why I’m Joining the PyTorch Foundation – PyTorch | daily.dev og:description: Mark Collier announces his appointment as Executive Director of the PyTorch Foundation, succeeding Matt White who becomes CTO. He emphasizes that the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-i-m-joining-the-pytorch-foundation-pytorch-pbgbrzxiy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/pbGBRZXIy.png og:image:alt: Why I’m Joining the PyTorch Foundation – PyTorch og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Why I’m Joining the PyTorch Foundation – PyTorch **[PyTorch](https://daily.dev/sources/pytorch)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Mark Collier announces his appointment as Executive Director of the PyTorch Foundation, succeeding Matt White who becomes CTO. He emphasizes that the foundation now hosts critical AI infrastructure beyond PyTorch itself, including vLLM for inference, DeepSpeed for training efficiency, and Ray for orchestration. Drawing from his experience co-founding OpenStack and building open source ecosystems, Collier commits to serving the communities, advocating for open collaboration, and ensuring no single entity dominates these foundational AI technologies. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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