• Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan will lead the company's AI efforts following Sachin Katti's departure to OpenAI.
• Sachin Katti, who managed Intel's AI strategies, departed after four years with the company.
• OpenAI's Greg Brockman welcomed Katti, highlighting his role in building AI compute infrastructure.
• Intel has struggled in the AI chip market, competing with Nvidia and TSMC.
• Tan is reshaping Intel’s leadership to steer a turnaround at the struggling chipmaker.

Intel announced that its CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, will now oversee the company's artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives after the departure of chief technology officer Sachin Katti to OpenAI. Katti, who had been leading Intel's AI efforts since a reorganization in January, confirmed his new position at OpenAI via social media. Intel expressed gratitude for Katti's contributions and emphasized that AI remains a high strategic priority for the company, asserting, "We are focused on executing our technology and product roadmap across emerging AI workloads,” according to Reuters and South China Morning Post.

Katti, who spent four years at Intel and came from a strong academic background as a Stanford professor, had his role expanded earlier this year to include chief AI officer. His resignation is part of a broader trend of high-level exits since Tan's appointment as CEO in March, as the company seeks to implement significant changes amid ongoing challenges in attracting major customers for its manufacturing business, according to India Times and Reuters.