r/technology • u/Franco1875 • 3d ago

Politics The Trump administration’s big Intel investment comes from already awarded grants

https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/23/the-trump-administrations-big-intel-investment-comes-from-already-awarded-grants/
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u/aquarain 2d ago

These are strange numbers. $8.9B for 10% of a company with $100B in fab spending plans? The scale is off.

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u/PainterRude1394 2d ago

Market cap and capex are different things

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u/aquarain 2d ago

They are. And this ratio is upside down.

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u/PainterRude1394 2d ago

You're so close to understanding that Intel is not in a great spot financially and that's why this is happening.

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u/aquarain 2d ago

One of us has missed something for sure.