Back in April 2025, Intel’s stock was struggling at $18. The company had recently gone through major leadership changes, firing its CEO three months prior. It had also fallen drastically behind in the AI chip market to Nvidia, so much so that analysts had stopped considering Intel a competitor in this space. At the time, Intel was more often talked about as a potential acquisition or breakup candidate in financial news outlets. However, the company’s recovery in the following fourteen months, leading to an all-time high stock price, was the result of efforts beyond Intel alone.
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