OpenAI Infrastructure Lead Sachin Katti Exits After 1 Year as $600 Billion Compute Push Continues
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Updated · The Wall Street Journal · Oct 14
OpenAI Infrastructure Lead Sachin Katti Exits After 1 Year as $600 Billion Compute Push Continues
2 articles · Updated · The Wall Street Journal · Oct 14
Summary
Sachin Katti will leave OpenAI next month after about a year leading computing capacity, marking another leadership change in the group central to the company’s infrastructure expansion.
Katti was brought in late 2025 to steady the Stargate data-center effort after OpenAI failed to secure a three-way deal with SoftBank and Oracle.
He later helped OpenAI build capacity through separate agreements with SoftBank and Oracle and additional compute deals with providers including Amazon Web Services.
The departure adds to a string of executive exits this year as OpenAI pursues a compute buildout previously pegged at $600 billion by 2030.
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