Warakirri flags dot-com bubble parallels as AI boom tests valuations

• Warakirri published an emerging-markets equities note on 25 August 2026 comparing the AI boom with the late-1990s dot-com cycle.
• Core risk: being right on AI’s economic impact may still produce weak investor returns if valuations, competition, or capital intensity prove unsustainable.
• Analysis flags “picks-and-shovels” beneficiaries so far, led by memory and semiconductor firms tied to AI capital spending.
• Investment focus shifts to identifying companies that can convert AI adoption into durable cash flows, not predicting AI’s broad societal impact.
• Dot-com lesson highlighted: the internet transformed the economy, yet many early market leaders failed to deliver shareholder returns.

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