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Lambda Appoints Leonard Speiser as Chief Operating Officer
SAN FRANCISCO, January 08, 2026--Lambda, the Superintelligence Cloud, today announced the appointment of Leonard Speiser as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Speiser will lead day-to-day operations and drive the execution of Lambda's strategy to deploy, operate, and own supercomputers used by the world's largest companies.
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