Billionaire Investor Stanley Druckenmiller Just Sold Intel and Micron, and Piled Into 2 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks That Are Betting Big on Robotics
Bram Berkowitz, The Motley Fool
Fri, August 21, 2026 at 12:55 PM GMT+5:30
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Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller has reportedly never seen red
The George Soros protégé ran his own fund, Duquesne Capital, for three decades, from 1981 to 2010, with no down years, and reportedly generating average annual returns of 30%, which is unheard of
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Today, Druckenmiller is still buying and selling stocks, although he runs a family office now called Duquesne Family Office. Needless to say, the market is still very interested in what Druckenmiller is investing in
In the second quarter, Duquesne sold Intel and Micron, and piled into two other artificial intelligence (AI) stocks that are betting big on robotics
Selling Intel and Micron
Both Intel and Micron have already been big winners this year, particularly in the second quarter
Micron, a maker of NAND flash memory and dynamic random-access memory (DRAM), has benefited greatly from AI. Both NAND and DRAM play key roles in feeding data to graphics processing units (GPUs) in data centers that fuel AI models, so as GPU clusters and data centers have scaled, so, too, has demand for memory
In fact, most experts expect memory to be constrained for this year, 2027, and maybe even 2028. However, memory has historically been viewed as a cyclical industry because, by the time supply catches up with demand, demand tends to fade
While it remains to be seen whether the AI supercycle will change that, Druckenmiller and his team may have simply decided that Micron’s gains have pulled forward expected demand
Intel has engineered an incredible turnaround since last year, driven largely by strong demand for central processing units (CPUs). While CPUs were once seen as legacy chips powering consumer electronics like cellphones and laptops, they are now considered the most efficient way to power agentic AI
In recent years, Intel has also relaunched its Foundry not only to make chips internally, but also to manufacture chips for external clients. While Foundry has not confirmed any anchor clients, many experts think it’s only a matter of time
It’s hard to say why Druckenmiller may have sold, but 200%+ gains in such a short window is spectacular, so it could simply be taking profits, especially with so much uncertainty in the market
