Did everyone forget about DeepSeek?
Shares of U.S. hyperscalers seem to have put DeepSeek in the rearview mirror. But if you look closely, a different story emerges.
One year ago, a relatively unknown artificial-intelligence lab owned by a Chinese quantitative hedge fund dealt a seismic shock to U.S. tech investors.
U.S. hyperscalers plan over $600 billion in capital expenditures for 2026, a 36% increase, while Chinese firms spend 15% to 20% of that amount.
Jeffrey Emanuel, a tech entrepreneur and former quantitative investor, wrote in a viral blog post, “The Short Case for Nvidia Stock,”https://youtubetranscriptoptimizer.com/blog/05_the_short_case_for_nvda
that DeepSeek’s efficiency “suggests the entire industry has been massively overprovisioning compute resources.” But the impact receded from headlines almost as quickly as it had appeared
In 2026, the pressure is on for both American and Chinese companies to prove that their AI investments can translate into tangible economic value.
MarketWatch Jan. 24, 2026

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