Overview
- Sachin Katti confirmed he left Intel to join OpenAI, with Greg Brockman saying Katti will design and build the company’s compute infrastructure to power AGI research.
- Intel acknowledged the departure and said CEO Lip-Bu Tan will personally lead its AI and Advanced Technologies Groups, reiterating AI as a top strategic priority.
- Katti had been promoted in April 2025 to Chief Technology and AI Officer after roughly four years at Intel, serving about six months in the top AI role.
- Coverage highlights Intel’s continued difficulty matching Nvidia in data‑center AI accelerators and its challenges attracting major customers to its foundry business.
- Analysts frame the hire as part of a broader shift of senior chip talent to AI labs investing heavily in custom hardware and large‑scale datacenter infrastructure.