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AI infrastructure selloff continues on Wall Street as Broadcom, Oracle shares slide
Broadcom CEO Hock Tan. Lucas Jackson | Reuters In at least one corner of the artificial intelligence market, sentiment has turned decidedly negative. Broadcom, CoreWeave and Oracle, three companies intimately tied to the AI infrastructure buildout, all had another rough day on Wall Street on Monday after selling off sharply last week. While the three […]
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Trump admin to hire 1,000 specialists for ‘Tech Force’ to build AI, finance projects
The Trump administration on Monday unveiled a new initiative dubbed the “U.S. Tech Force,” comprising about 1,000 engineers and other specialists who will work on artificial intelligence infrastructure and other technology projects throughout the federal government. Participants will commit to a two-year employment program working with teams that report directly to agency leaders in “collaboration […]
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Oracle says there have been ‘no delays’ in OpenAI arrangement after stock slide
Oracle CEO Clay Magouyrk appears on a media tour of the Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, on Sept. 23, 2025. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oracle on Friday pushed back against a report that said the company will complete data centers for OpenAI, one of its major customers, in 2028, rather […]
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Altman and Musk launched OpenAI as a nonprofit 10 years ago. Now they’re rivals in a trillion-dollar market
Open AI CEO Sam Altman speaks during a talk session with SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son at an event titled “Transforming Business through AI” in Tokyo, Japan, on February 03, 2025. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images On Dec. 11, 2015, OpenAI launched as a nonprofit research lab after Elon Musk and a group of prominent […]
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Oracle’s lease commitments jump by almost 150% as company builds out to meet AI demand
Oracle CEO Clay Magouyrk, center, speaks on a media tour of the Stargate data center in Abilene, Texas, on Sept. 23, 2025. Stargate is a collaboration of OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank, with promotional support from President Donald Trump, to build data centers and other infrastructure for artificial intelligence throughout the US. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg […]
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Don’t use Oracle and its challenges as a barometer for the many great AI stocks we own
The broader AI trade is back in the hot seat because of Oracle. It shouldn’t be. Oracle shares were getting crushed on Thursday following a quarterly sales miss, a disappointing guide, and a spending outlook increase. The magnitude of the stock decline was compounded by what management did not address on Wednesday evening’s conference call, […]
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Broadcom’s results are due after Thursday’s close — here’s what top analysts are expecting
The latest quarterly results from Broadcom , due after the market close Thursday, are expected to help signal where the artificial intelligence trade is headed. A look at Wall Street’s estimates for the three months ended Oct. 31 suggest strong momentum for Broadcom’s custom chips business, which has attracted several hyperscalers looking for alternatives to […]
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‘Big Short’ Steve Eisman is getting worried about the AI trade
Steve Eisman of “The Big Short” fame said he is starting to worry that the artificial intelligence boom may rest on shakier ground than investors assume. “The Real Eisman Playbook” podcast host and former Neuberger Berman senior portfolio manager said he encountered a theory suggesting that as large language models continue to scale, their performance gains […]
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Oracle shares plummet 11% in premarket, dragging down AI stocks
Oracle shares plummeted 11% in premarket trading on Thursday, extending yesterday’s losses after the firm reported disappointing results. The cloud computing and database software maker reported lower-than-expected quarterly revenue on Wednesday, despite booming demand for its artificial intelligence infrastructure. Its revenue came in at $16.06 billion, compared with $16.21 billion expected by analysts, according to data compiled by […]
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Cisco’s stock closes at record for first time since dot-com peak in 2000
Chuck Robbins, chief executive officer of Cisco, participates in a Bloomberg interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 17, 2024. Stefan Wermuth | Bloomberg | Getty Images Few companies were as hot in early 2000 as Cisco, whose networking equipment served as the backbone of the internet boom. On Wednesday, Cisco’s […]
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