New Delhi, Nov. 11 -- OpenAI has appointedSachin Katti, Intel's former Chief Technology and AI Officer, to lead its compute infrastructure initiatives, a move that signals the company's growing focus on scaling its hardware and systems strategy for next-generation AI research.

OpenAI President and Co-founder Greg Brockman confirmed the development on X (formerly Twitter), saying he is "incredibly excited to work with him on designing and building our compute infrastructure, which will power our AGI research and scale its applications to benefit everyone."

Katti, who most recently served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Network and Edge Group (NEX) at Intel, brings extensive experience in AI systems architecture, edge ...