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How Big Tech Offloaded The Risk Of AI

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How Big Tech Offloaded The Risk Of AI

Prof G Markets

1 DAYS AGO
Prof G Markets

Prof G Markets

1 DAYS AGO
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Scott Galloway and Ed Elson unpack why they think investors should be paying closer attention to the off-balance-sheet obligations behind Big Tech's AI buildout. Then, they examine how rising oil prices and a new wave of tariffs could keep inflation elevat...

Highlights

In this episode, Scott Galloway and Ed Elson dive into the financial engineering behind Big Tech's massive AI investments, warning of hidden risks that could rival past financial crises. They also analyze how current geopolitical tensions and trade policies are creating a self-inflicted inflation crisis, and challenge the narrative behind the recent surge in new business applications.
05:30
Meta's off-balance-sheet debt is three times its reported debt
08:25
Big tech has $1.7 trillion in off-balance sheet debt.
46:09
These are self-inflicted decisions from Washington that compound over time
1:03:08
Entrepreneurship is romanticized and risky
1:15:56
China is winning the AI race by putting AI in more hands.

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The $1.65 Trillion Ghost Debt: How Big Tech is Hiding AI Risks Off the Books
00:00
Is the AI Boom Built on Sand? The Fragile Web of Hidden Leverage and Circular Financing
08:25
Shooting Themselves in the Foot: How Tariffs and the Iran Conflict Are Fueling Inflation
30:00
The Side Hustle Mirage: Why the Small Business Boom is a Sign of Economic Anxiety, Not Confidence
52:40
China's AI Advantage and the Coming Inflation Spike: Predictions for the Market's Next Move
1:15:56

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Scott Galloway: Support for the show comes from VCX, the public ticker for private tech. The U.S. Stock market started history's greatest wave of wealth creation, from factory workers in Detroit to farmers in Omaha. Anyone can own a piece of the great Amer...