A senior Intel executive is heading to OpenAI, underscoring the intensifying race for talent and compute leadership in the push toward artificial general intelligence.
In a post on X, Intel CTO Sachin Katti says he is joining OpenAI to focus on designing the compute backbone for future AI systems, after leading Intel’s AI efforts for the past four years.
“Excited for the opportunity to work with Greg Brockman, Sam Altman, and the OpenAI team on building out the compute infrastructure for AGI! Very grateful for the tremendous opportunity and experience at Intel over the last four years leading networking, edge computing and AI.”
OpenAI president Greg Brockman embraces the move, highlighting the company’s intent to scale its compute footprint as model capabilities expand.
“Incredibly excited to work with him on designing and building our compute infrastructure, which will power our AGI research and scale its applications to benefit everyone.”
Intel confirms the departure and names CEO Lip-Bu Tan to lead advanced computing efforts, signaling continued commitment to the AI chip race in the wake of high-profile executive churn across the semiconductor industry.
“We thank Sachin for his contributions and wish him all the best. Lip-Bu will lead the AI and Advanced Technologies Groups, working closely with the team. AI remains one of Intel’s highest strategic priorities, and we are focused on executing our technology and product roadmap across emerging AI workloads.”
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