Investors See AI Slowdown as a Temporary Step
THE SO WHAT
Public-market analysts framing any AI slowdown as temporary tells you capital still expects the capex and demand curve to continue. If you’re an infra or tooling vendor, use this window to harden economics and differentiation—funding may stay open, but scrutiny on unit economics will rise.
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