Intel CTO and AI boss quits to join OpenAI after just six months in the job

Sachin Katti, the exec Intel promoted to chief technology and AI officer in April, will leave the x86 giant to join OpenAI after just six months in the job.

Katti was one of new Intel CEO Lip Bu Tan's early appointments when he took Chipzilla's big chait in March.

News of Katti’s departure seems to have played out on X, where OpenAI president and co-founder Greg Brockman welcomed the former Intel exec to the AI upstart.

Katti replied with a post in which he declared himself “Excited for the opportunity to work with” Brockman, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and others at the company “on building out the compute infrastructure for AGI!” He also said he’s very grateful for the tremendous opportunity and experience at Intel over the last 4 years leading networking, edge computing and AI,” adding it was the “Privilege of a lifetime to have ...