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AI Trade — Crash, or Just a Pause?

15 October 2026 · 1:08 · Thomas Look

Korea fell more than 8% and the Nasdaq sits right on support — is the AI trade about to crash? Chip stocks never confirmed the new high. But Anthropic just made $16.8 billion in one quarter. The test comes with Microsoft on 28 October and Datadog and Cloudflare in early November: if they deliver, this was a pause; if not, AI spending pauses in 2027 — not a crash. Narration: AI voice.

Chapters

  1. 0:00 Intro
  2. 0:00 The question
  3. 0:03 What's coming
  4. 0:08 The Nasdaq on support
  5. 0:17 Chips didn't confirm
  6. 0:25 The fear — and the answer
  7. 0:35 The test
  8. 0:42 Crash or pause
  9. 0:50 What to watch

Transcript

0:00 Is the AI trade about to crash?

0:02 In under a minute: the chart, the warning sign, and the date that decides it.

0:07 Korea fell more than 8% overnight. The Nasdaq sits right on support.

0:13 If that line breaks, the next stop is about 3% lower.

0:17 Warning sign: chip stocks never made a new high with the Nasdaq.

0:21 The big tech names carried it alone.

0:24 The fear: 2000 all over again — huge spending, too little use.

0:29 But Anthropic just made $16.8 billion in one quarter.

0:34 The test: Microsoft on 28 October.

0:38 Then Datadog and Cloudflare in early November.

0:42 If they deliver, this was just a pause.

0:45 If not, AI spending slows in 2027. A pause, not a crash.

0:50 What to watch: the Nasdaq at 704, and Microsoft on 28 October.

0:56 Follow for the update right after the report.

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