Intel

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Intel, semiconductor manufacturer, founded July 1968, headquartered in Santa Clara, California. Under CEO Lip-Bu Tan, the company is executing a turnaround built around its 18A process node—featuring gate-all-around transistors and backside power delivery—targeting a return to process leadership. Full-year 2025 revenue came in at $52.9 billion, with the stock recovering sharply to $108 by May 2026.

Key facts

Founded

July 1968

Employees

85100

Sectors

hardware

Website

www.intel.com

Mission

Intel designs and manufactures semiconductors—CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, and custom silicon—for PCs, data centers, networking, and AI workloads, while operating Intel Foundry to manufacture chips for external customers.

Recent activity

• Aug 2026leadership
  Intel appointed Dean Jarnac as EVP and chief sales officer. Jarnac will lead global sales and go-to-market execution across client, data center, AI, networking, and ASICs. newsroom.intel.com
• Aug 2026fundraise
  Intel priced a registered public offering of common stock, expected to close August 12, 2026. Proceeds are intended for general corporate purposes including capital expenditures and working capital. newsroom.intel.com
• Jul 2026investment
  Fortinet became the first publicly named customer of Intel Foundry under CEO Lip-Bu Tan. Fortinet's next-gen security chip, SP6, will be manufactured on Intel's Intel 4 process node. cnbc.com
• May 2026investment
  Intel Capital co-invested in QuantWare's €152M Series B alongside In-Q-Tel, backing the quantum computing startup. tracxn.com
• Apr 2026leadership
  Intel Foundry hired Shawn Han from Samsung for its foundry services division. Han reports to Naga Chandrasekaran, head of Intel Foundry, and joined in May 2026. stocktwits.com
• Mar 2026investment
  Intel Capital co-led investment in Epic Microsystems' $21M Series A alongside Cambium Capital Partners, Seligman Ventures, and others. tracxn.com
• Jan 2026product
  At CES 2026, Intel unveiled Core Ultra Series 3 processors built on Panther Lake and announced the Arc B390 integrated GPU, claiming 2x gaming performance versus AMD in select titles and 73% faster on average. tomshardware.com
• Jul 2026investment
  Intel announced a manufacturing investment in Ireland expected to create permanent high-tech jobs and expand leading-edge fabrication capacity. Q2 2026 financial results are scheduled for July 23, 2026. newsroom.intel.com
• Jun 2026product
  Intel and Google deepened their collaboration on AI infrastructure, with Google locked into a multiyear deal for Xeon CPU deployment and co-development of custom ASIC Infrastructure Processing Units. intc.com
• Jun 2026leadership
  Intel appointed Aparna Bawa as Executive Vice President and Chief Legal & People Officer, and announced separate leadership appointments at Intel Foundry and within the Client Computing group. intc.com
• Jun 2026press
  CEO Lip-Bu Tan published a public update outlining progress to rebuild execution, strengthen core businesses, and grow in the AI market. He noted the internal conversation has shifted from survival to scaling manufacturing capacity. newsroom.intel.com
• Jun 2026press
  President Trump announced a collaboration between Apple and Intel to produce chips domestically, per a Bloomberg report. youtube.com

Key people

Named individuals at the firm. We don't expose direct email or phone — use their LinkedIn for outreach.

• Lip-Bu Tan · CEO
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• David A. Zinsner · CFO / Interim Co-CEO (until Dec 2024)
• Pat Gelsinger · Former CEO
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• David Zinsner · EVP & CFO
• Michelle Johnston Holthaus · CEO of Intel Products
• Sandra Rivera · CEO of Altera

Sources

• Intel Announces Leadership Appointments – Intel Newsroom, May 2026
• Intel | LinkedIn
• The 10 Biggest Intel News Stories Of 2025 – CRN
• NGUYEN KHANH – Intel Corporation | LinkedIn
• https://newsroom.intel.com/artificial-intelligence/intel-announces-new-ai-innovations-at-computex
• https://www.tomshardware.com/news/live/computex-2026-
• https://x.com/intel
• https://newsroom.intel.com/
• https://www.intc.com/news-events/press-releases
• https://newsroom.intel.com/news
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPZKi0vqbh4
• https://247wallst.com/investing/2026/06/02/why-intel-just-got-the-endorsement-of-a-lifetime-from-two-trillion-dollar-companies/
• https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/24/intel-partners-with-sambanova-after-buyout-talks-reportedly-failed.html
• https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/03/intel-gpu-chief-architect-ai-lip-bu-tan.html
• https://newsroom.intel.com/corporate/intel-announces-leadership-appointment-to-strengthen-customer-engagement-and-accelerate-growth
• https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/21/intel-foundry-lands-fortinet-as-first-customer-for-security-chips.html
• https://tracxn.com/d/venture-capital/intel-capital/__GVZ2AdLJmuoLe3TJMux1pMxR7AhSyZj05zAX8AJNjRI
• https://stocktwits.com/news-articles/markets/equity/intel-hires-samsungs-shawn-han-for-foundry-services-amid-strategic-pivot/cZJvMB9RID6
• https://www.tomshardware.com/news/live/intel-ces-2026-keynote-core-ultra-series-3

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