diff --git a/Dockerfile.hpu.ubi b/Dockerfile.hpu.ubi
index 71ff29e4d..e57d0ae24 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.hpu.ubi
+++ b/Dockerfile.hpu.ubi
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ COPY requirements-hpu.txt requirements-hpu.txt
 COPY pyproject.toml pyproject.toml
 
 # max jobs used by Ninja to build extensions
-ARG max_jobs=80
+ARG max_jobs=2
 ENV MAX_JOBS=${max_jobs}
 # # make sure punica kernels are built (for LoRA)
 # HPU currently doesn't support LoRA
diff --git a/OWNERS.txt b/OWNERS.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c76fc1f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OWNERS.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+approvers:
+  - danielezonca
+  - terrytangyuan
+  - dtrifiro
+  - NickLucche
+  - heyselbi
+  - RH-steve-grubb
+  - rpancham
+  - vaibhavjainwiz
+  - Xaenalt
+  - tarukumar
+  - Raghul-M
+reviewers:
+  - dtrifiro
+  - NickLucche
+  - heyselbi
+  - RH-steve-grubb
+  - rpancham
+  - vaibhavjainwiz
+  - Xaenalt
+  - tarukumar
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