Under the deal, the US government is committing $8.9 billion to purchase Intel stock, which would give the government a 9.9% stake in the company. That's in addition to the $2.2 billion grant Intel has already received from the US under the CHIPS Act, which was signed into law by former President Joe Biden in 2022.

President Donald Trump on Friday announced the U.S. government has secured a 10% stake in struggling Silicon Valley pioneer Intel in a deal completed just a couple weeks after he depicted the company’s CEO as a conflicted leader unfit for the job.