Intel stock rises after Nvidia closes $5 billion share purchase — what’s next for INTC
NEW YORK, December 29, 2025, 17:54 ET — After-hours Intel Corp shares were up about 1.3% at $36.68 in after-hours trading on Monday after a regulatory filing confirmed Nvidia’s $5 billion equity purchase had closed. The completed deal puts fresh cash on Intel’s balance sheet at a time the company is spending heavily on new chipmaking capacity and trying to regain traction in data-center and AI markets. Investors also read Nvidia’s investment as a strategic endorsement of a partnership meant to tie Intel CPUs more closely to Nvidia’s AI accelerators, called GPUs, that power many AI systems. Reuters Intel said