Intel loses CTO and AI officer to OpenAI after only six months

Sachin Katti, Intel’s Chief Technology Officer and AI Officer, will leave the Santa Clara-based tech company after only six months of being appointed by Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan. He will now join OpenAI to design the company’s compute infrastructure.

“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 4 years leading networking, edge computing, and AI. Privilege of a lifetime to have worked closely with Lip-Bu Tan, Pat Gelsinger, and Nick McKeown,” Katti said in a post on message platform X.

Greg Brockman, president and co-founder of OpenAI, welcomed Katti to the Company. He says that he’s excited to work with him on designing and building the company’s compute infrastructure that will “power its artificial generative intelligence (AGI) and scale its applications to benefit everyone.”

In a statement, Intel expresses gratitude for all the work Katti has done. The chip manufacturer notes that CEO Lip-Bu Tan will lead the AI and Advanced Technologies Groups for the time being.

“AI remains one of Intel’s highest strategic priorities, and we are focused on executing our technology and product roadmap across emerging AI workloads,” Intel added.

According to Reuters, Katti joined Intel four years ago to work in the networking group. Eventually, he ran the division under former CEO Pat Gelsinger. Lip-Bu Tan, Gelsinger’s successor as Intel’s chief executive officer, promoted Karri to chief technology officer, or CTO, in April 2025.

Katti’s departure comes at a terrible time for Intel. The American manufacturer has been struggling to develop competitive chips for the AI market. After a decade of technical issues and management changes, Intel suffered huge financial losses for many consecutive years. Last quarter, Intel posted a profit of $4.1 billion.

Despite the cheerful numbers, Intel had to give up a 10 percent stake of the company to the Trump Administration in exchange for a $9.5 billion capital investment.

“It is my great honor to report that the United States of America now fully owns and controls 10% of Intel, a great American company that has an even more incredible future. This is a great deal for America and, also, a great deal for Intel. Building leading-edge semiconductors and chips, which is what Intel does, is fundamental to the future of our nation,” Trump said on Truth Social back in August.

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