Nvidia's $750B AI bet deepens fears of a circular tech bubble
Jensen Huang departs after speaking at the Nvidia GTC conference in San Jose. (Bloomberg) By Dina Bass and Winnie Hsu July 29, 2026 7:38 AM PT Share via Close extra sharing options Email Facebook X LinkedIn Threads Reddit WhatsApp Copy Link URL Copied! And yet, the pace of the deals is only quickening. The fear with these transactions is that they may skew demand, spur bad decision-making and magnify losses if AI fails to turn profits for those investing hundreds of billions of dollars in the technology.
- ▪Jensen Huang departs after speaking at the Nvidia GTC conference in San Jose. (Bloomberg) By Dina Bass and Winnie Hsu July 29, 2026 7:38 AM PT Share via Close extra sharing options Email Facebook X LinkedIn Threads Reddit WhatsApp Copy Link
- ▪And yet, the pace of the deals is only quickening.
- ▪The fear with these transactions is that they may skew demand, spur bad decision-making and magnify losses if AI fails to turn profits for those investing hundreds of billions of dollars in the technology.
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Jensen Huang departs after speaking at the Nvidia GTC conference in San Jose. (Bloomberg) By Dina Bass and Winnie Hsu July 29, 2026 7:38 AM PT Share via Close extra sharing options Email Facebook X LinkedIn Threads Reddit WhatsApp Copy Link URL Copied! Print Nvidia Corp. is working on a fresh round of AI deals worth more than $750 billion, accelerating investments that skeptics have warned are artificially inflating demand and valuations across the industry.A partnership with South Korean conglomerate SK Group unveiled late Friday means the companies will be doing more than $500 billion in business with each other, Nvidia said.
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