OpenAI’s Sachin Katti to leave infrastructure role, stay on as advisor
Katti said in a post on LinkedIn that he "decided to move on to build something new."
TL;DR
- Sachin Katti is departing his role as OpenAI's infrastructure lead after approximately one year.
- Katti will transition to an advisor role, with his last day being November 15.
- Uday Ruddarraju, OpenAI's CTO of compute, will take over Katti's responsibilities.
- OpenAI's compute organization is vital for its AI model training and serving capabilities.
- The company plans significant compute spending by 2030, with major data center projects underway.
- Katti's departure follows a series of other executive exits from OpenAI this year.
- OpenAI President Greg Brockman views these departures as typical for a young company experiencing rapid growth and public attention.