Overview
- Sachin Katti announced on X that he has joined OpenAI to design and build the company’s compute infrastructure for AGI.
- OpenAI president Greg Brockman publicly welcomed Katti, saying he will lead work on infrastructure that powers AGI research and scalable applications.
- Intel confirmed Katti’s departure and said CEO Lip‑Bu Tan will lead the AI and Advanced Technologies Groups, reiterating AI as a top strategic priority.
- Katti was promoted in April 2025 to Chief Technology and AI Officer after leading Intel’s networking and edge efforts, following a long academic stint at Stanford.
- The move comes during Intel’s leadership reshuffle and ongoing struggle to match Nvidia in data‑center AI chips, reflecting a wider shift of hardware leaders to AI‑first labs building custom compute.