Intel has struggled to find its footing in a silicon landscape dominated by NVIDIA, but the Trump administration's "America first" approach might have thrown the chip maker a big lifeline.

Shares of Intel Corp. (INTC) surged nearly 6% in pre-market trade on Wednesday after Vice President JD Vance’s speech in support of U.S.-made artificial intelligence (AI) chips. Speaking at the AI Action Summit in Paris,

However, shares of Intel rivals Nvidia and Broadcom stayed relatively flat. Shares of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) rose 8% on Tuesday after Vice President JD Vance said that the U.S. will safeguard American artificial intelligence and chip technologies from “theft and misuse” by its “adversaries,