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Traders sour on AI stocks despite bumper third-quarter revenues

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Rao, P. (2026, October 15). Traders sour on AI stocks despite bumper third-quarter revenues. Semafor. https://www.semafor.com/article/10/15/2026/traders-sour-on-ai-stocks-despite-bumper-third-quarter-revenues

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Semafor · collected 2026-10-15 · by Prashant Rao

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Tech giants Anthropic and TSMC reported strong third-quarter earnings, with revenue growth of more than threefold for Anthropic compared to the first quarter and record profits for TSMC for the sixth consecutive quarter. Despite these positive financial results, AI stock prices fell due to market concerns over the sustainability of such rapid growth, particularly regarding high infrastructure costs and significant debt. The article highlights the growing uncertainty among traders about the long-term viability of AI companies' current business models.
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As of October 15, 2026, despite Anthropic reporting a third-quarter revenue growth of more than threefold compared to the first quarter and TSMC achieving a sixth consecutive record quarterly profit, AI stock prices continued to decline due to market concerns over the sustainability of such rapid growth. Traders expressed worry about the significant infrastructure investments and debt issuance needed to maintain this pace, with one AI cloud computing provider seeing bond yields reach 15%. This pessimism was reflected in the S&P futures and Asian stocks, which were both trading lower.

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Anthropic ORG · 2× Asian NORP · 1× S&P ORG · 1× TSMC ORG · 1× Taiwanese NORP · 1×

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Yet as one analyst put it, at least in the case of Anthropic, traders were “increasingly concerned about the side effects of sustaining that growth”: Namely, the huge infrastructure buildout and the massive debt issuance funding it, with one AI cloud computing provider seeing yields on its bonds touching 15%.
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Bumper earnings from bellwether tech giants Anthropic and TSMC did little to assuage a market that has turned bearish on the AI trade, sending stocks plummeting. asserted
that → do → stocks
The frontier AI lab said its third-quarter revenue grew more than threefold compared to the first three months of the year, while the Taiwanese chipmaker reported a sixth consecutive record quarterly profit. asserted
chipmaker → say → profit
Yet as one analyst put it, at least in the case of Anthropic, traders were “increasingly concerned about the side effects of sustaining that growth”: Namely, the huge infrastructure buildout and the massive debt issuance funding it, with one AI cloud computing provider seeing yields on its bonds touching 15%. asserted
yields → put → %
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