Intel Capital Impact

Intel Capital Team

Founded in 1991, as the first corporate venture capital firm, we’ve spent over three decades championing founders driving the next wave of innovation. Our global investment and portfolio development teams bring domain expertise and decades of experience to help companies scale and grow.

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Intel Capital Investment Domains

With over $20B invested and 75% of deals led on average—resulting in more than 700 IPOs and mergers—we bring capital, conviction, and scale to the technologies powering the next era of compute. We lead early-stage investments in emerging AI and deep tech category leaders redefining the future of Cloud, Devices, Frontier & Silicon. Our focus is on scalable, defensible innovation at the intersection of software, hardware, and intelligence.​

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Intel Capital + Astera Labs

With the resources of Intel supporting companies on their paths to success, in 2025 we delivered nearly 1,000 highly curated Global 2000 customer introductions, hosted more than 25 Intel Capital events worldwide that connected portfolio companies with over 350 unique customers, and, to date, have placed 250 Intel Embedded Experts and consultants within portfolio companies.

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01 . 28 . 2026

Eliyan Secures $50 Million in Strategic Investments from Leading Hyperscalers and AI Infrastructure Providers to Accelerate Scalable AI Systems

Santa Clara, Calif. – January 28, 2026 – Eliyan Corporation, a leader in high-performance connectivity products and technology for...

01 . 26 . 2026

Your AI Revenue is Not Recurrent

Understanding ERR, A New Revenue Lens for AI Startups A version of this article, authored...

01 . 22 . 2026

Feeding the Leviathan: Data Center Power in the AI Compute Era

AI compute demand is rising at an extraordinary pace, roughly doubling every 4-6 months. Physically,...

01 . 21 . 2026

From $100M Seed to Unicorn in Months: Upscale AI Closes Oversubscribed $200M Series A to Build the First Pure-Play AI Networking Company

Santa Clara, Calif. – Jan. 21, 2026 – Upscale AI, Inc., a category-defining pure-play AI networking infrastructure company, today...

01 . 20 . 2026

Intel Capital at Thirty-Five: Building on a Legacy of Innovation

Reflecting on Thirty-Five Years As we approach the thirty-fifth anniversary of Intel Capital, I find...

12 . 16 . 2025

AI in the Enterprise: How Companies Are Becoming AI-First

Across industries, the role of AI in the enterprise has evolved from experimentation to transformation....

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