AI trade wobbles: Nasdaq falls 2.6% as investors question massive AI spending
A broad selloff in chip and AI-linked stocks reflected investor anxiety that the trillion-dollar capex boom may not generate commensurate returns.
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Meta slides as $825B future spending commitments stoke AI financing worries
Meta's disclosed forward commitments and capex outlook erased tens of billions in market value and dragged data center suppliers like GE Vernova, Vertiv and Eat
Yahoo Finance · +8 outlets
OpenAI working on $30B raise at $1.25T valuation ahead of IPO
A completed round at that valuation would make OpenAI the most highly valued private company ever.
TechCrunch · +9 outlets
Tesla trims 2026 capex by $5B as Q3 auto revenue falls and profit drops 43%
Tesla's capex reversal intensified the debate over whether AI infrastructure spending is peaking, weighing on chip demand expectations.
shattered.io · +7 outlets
Reuters: investors see US midterm risk to AI trade as data center backlash builds
Growing local opposition to data centers is emerging as a political risk for AI stocks heading into the US midterm elections.
Reuters · +11 outlets
OpenAI says it will stop training frontier models on the live internet, citing significant risks
The policy change comes weeks after an OpenAI engineer said cutting models off from the internet would not work.
TechCrunch · +14 outlets
Broadcom arranges over $50B financing for OpenAI as custom chip deals reshape supply chain
Broadcom's Hock Tan said the next AI bottleneck is not chips, power or memory, and analysts remain bullish despite financing questions.
BigGo Finance · +6 outlets
BofA: US data center spending to more than double to $2.1 trillion by 2028
Bank of America's forecast underscores how large the AI infrastructure buildout could grow, and the financing it will require.
The Economic Times · +11 outlets
CoreWeave and Oracle sell off as AI infrastructure debt risks draw scrutiny
Rising yields and concerns over debt-funded AI buildouts are pressuring neocloud and hyperscaler-related names.
TradingKey · +13 outlets
Citadel's Griffin calls AI a bubble while Blackstone's Gray points to massive demand
Prominent investors are split on whether AI valuations are stretched, with the IMF and academics also weighing in on bubble risk.
TradingView · +11 outlets
Chip stocks lose $200B as equipment maker warning deepens AI selloff
A supply warning from a semiconductor equipment maker compounded fears about slowing AI-driven chip demand, hitting Marvell, AMD, Intel, Micron and Western Digi
Tech Times · +6 outlets
Anthropic IPO stands alone as AI market jitters sideline other listings
Reuters reports Anthropic is pursuing a listing while other AI companies delay their IPOs amid market turbulence.
Reuters · +7 outlets
DeepSeek reportedly raises $15B days after US restrictions
The round is one of China's largest, coming just after Washington ordered federal agencies to remove DeepSeek technology.
TechCrunch · +7 outlets
Nvidia, Intel and Micron named top AI winners as $1T spending looms
BofA and Morgan Stanley both published lists of AI infrastructure stocks positioned to withstand a capex slowdown.
Yahoo Finance · +4 outlets
SK Group's SK Hyper seeks $350B funding for South Korea AI data center buildout
The unit is seeking capital for what would be South Korea's largest AI data center bet.
Yahoo Finance · +7 outlets
Google's AI chip business could reach $250B, taking aim at Nvidia
Analysts see Google's TPU program as a growing competitive threat to Nvidia's AI accelerator dominance.
TheStreet · +8 outlets
Texas Instruments beats and guides above estimates on industrial and AI demand
TI's outlook signaled AI demand is spilling into analog semiconductors.
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TSMC's C.C. Wei eyes Texas expansion as AI demand surges
TSMC and ASML signals point to a multi-year AI chip demand cycle.
Observer · +1 outlets