OpenAI Poaches Intel’s CTO, Forcing a Strategic Pivot at the Chipmaker

Intel CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, will henceforth oversee the chipmaker’s AI efforts after its Chief Technology Officer, Sachin Katti, departed for OpenAI, Reuters reported on Tuesday.

Katti, who joined Intel some four years ago, after almost 15 years as a Stanford professor, only started managing the chip maker’s AI efforts since a management reorganization at the firm in January. On X, Katti confirmed he was joining OpenAI to help “design and build compute infrastructure” that would support the firm’s work on artificial general intelligence.

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\ According to Reuters’ Tuesday report, Intel thanked Katti for his contributions and said Tan would directly lead the AI and Advanced Technologies Groups, reaffirming that AI remains one of the company’s top strategic priorities.

Tan, who took over as CEO in March, has since reshaped Intel’s leadership in an effort to reposition the company within a market increasingly defined by AI-driven competition, seeing several senior executives leave during this restructuring.

While Intel’s central processors still power many AI server systems, the company has struggled to produce a dedicated data-center chip capable of matching Nvidia’s high-end silicon. Tan has since expanded responsibilities for manufacturing leads and brought in new hires from rival firms to help steer Intel’s turnaround.

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