I wonder. Large corps do gather intelligence on the competition. Even small ones do. For example, when a new pizza place opened in town, the one I worked for

I wonder. Large corps do gather intelligence on the competition. Even small ones do. For example, when a new pizza place opened in town, the one I worked for when in College, immediately ordered one to see what they were like, pricing, taste, etc. Large corps go way beyond this, and information does leak. Bribes, promised promotions and roles at the new company, theft of code, processes, trade secrets. You do not have to use trade secrets, IP, or processes in house, and can silo that info from engineers / the main company. Yet having an awareness of these things, gives you an idea of how much to spend on research. I wonder, did Intel not do any of this? Did they do so, but AMD security/counter espionage worked to provide a fake picture? I wonder how large corps operate in this realm, these days.