AI Debt Financing to Exceed $7 Trillion by 2029
dylan522p · x · 2026-07-07
Dylan Patel points out that creative financing structures are needed to get GPUs into the hands of startups and other companies beyond giants like Meta, OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, Microsoft, Amazon, and Google.
He predicts that by 2029, driven by demand from new cloud, data center builders, and hyperscalers, outstanding AI-related debt financing will exceed $7 trillion.
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