AI Stocks Fall as Financing and Profitability Concerns Mount, Fastea Capital Says

• AI stocks fell sharply last week as investors questioned the sector’s financing, investment returns and valuations.
• AI infrastructure spending is expected to exceed USD 800 billion in 2026, increasingly funded through bonds and private credit.
• US inflation reached 3.7%, raising financing costs; bonds issued by computing-power provider CoreWeave yielded nearly 15%.
• Concerns also centered on lower OpenAI revenue estimates, Anthropic’s valuation ahead of its listing and DeepSeek’s less chip-intensive model.

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