AI Stock Frenzy: $10 B Deals Ignite Rally as Big Tech Sounds Alarm
Key Facts Broadcom’s $10 B Order Ignites AI Stock Rally Broadcom became the week’s biggest AI stock story after disclosing a $10 billion order for custom AI chips from an unnamed “new customer” – widely presumed to be OpenAI – and projecting above-consensus sales next quarter. Its shares soared 9.4% on Friday in response, buoying the broader tech sector even as overall indexes ended slightly down. The mega-deal validates the explosive demand for AI infrastructure, given that training advanced models like ChatGPT requires enormous compute power. Analysts cheered Broadcom’s fortunes as a sign that the AI boom is far from peaking. CEO