Shares in the chip maker rose following news of SoftBank’s planned investment and a possible stake for the U.S. government.

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Son is also pursuing a $6.5 billion acquisition of Ampere Computing and reportedly eyeing up to $30 billion in OpenAI funding. But execution isn't running on schedule. For the first time, SoftBank's CFO admitted that Stargate is delayed.

SoftBank’s billionaire founder Masayoshi Son held talks with Intel’s chief executive about buying its faltering contract chipmaking business in the weeks before Monday’s announcement that the Japanese company would invest $2bn in the US group’s shares.

Intel (INTC), reportedly, is in discussions with other large investors to get an equity infusion at a discounted price.