Intel's Chief Technology Officer and head of AI, Sachin Katti, has left the longtime chip manufacturer and joined OpenAI instead, as reported by Reuters. He'll be taking over the role of building out OpenAI's compute infrastructure. Back at Intel, CEO Lip Bu-Tan will take on the role of head of AI and Advanced Technologies himself, "working closely with the team."
Since the appointment of Intel CEO Lip Bu-Tan in March, he's been on a tear, cutting the workforce by tens of thousands and courting the Trump administration in an effort to rebrand Intel as a chip design and fabrication firm, as well as one that produces its own silicon. Katti was reshuffled from Intel's Network and Edge group at the time to take on the role of CTO and AI Officer, but just seven months on, he's leaving for greener AI pastures.
