Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:INTC) is no longer just a chipmaker. It has become a symbol of Washington's new industrial-market experiment.

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The U.S. government took a 9.9% passive stake in Intel last year, buying 433.3 million shares at $20.47 each through an $8.9 billion investment tied to CHIPS Act and Secure Enclave funding. At Intel’s current price of $117, the U.S. government’s 433.3 million shares are worth roughly $50.7 billion, representing an unrealized gain of about $41.8 billion, nearly a 5x return on the original $8.9 billion investment.

That turned Uncle Sam into one of Intel's most unusual shareholders: not an activist, not a hedge fund, not a sovereign wealth fund, but the United States itself.

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