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Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan Restructures Leadership, Appoints New AI Chief

Tan flattens management layers, promotes Sachin Katti to drive AI strategy, and expands engineering focus to revitalize Intel’s innovation culture.

A smartphone with a displayed Intel logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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Overview

  • Intel's data center, AI, and personal-computer chip groups now report directly to CEO Lip-Bu Tan, streamlining decision-making and increasing executive visibility.
  • Sachin Katti, previously networking chip chief and a Stanford professor, is promoted to chief technology and AI officer, succeeding Greg Lavender, who is retiring.
  • Michelle Johnston Holthaus remains Intel Products CEO, with her role set to expand as part of the restructuring strategy.
  • Tan's memo emphasizes reducing organizational complexity and bureaucratic silos to foster innovation and accelerate execution.
  • The leadership overhaul aligns with Tan's broader vision of transforming Intel into an engineering-focused company to better compete with AI leaders like Nvidia.