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AI Stocks Lost $80 Billion in a Day After Hot Inflation Report

📅 Oct 14, 2026

✍️ Aamir Raza

AI Stocks Lost $80 Billion in a Day

A hot US inflation report spooked investors, and AI names led Wednesday's selloff.

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CoreWeave Led the Plunge

The data-center operator fell 16% as investors zeroed in on its heavy debt load.

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The Debt Problem Is Real

CoreWeave has issued $22B in bonds and $26B in loans — and its June bond now yields about 15%.

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It Was Not Just CoreWeave

Nebius dropped 11%, Oracle fell 9%, and Dell slid 11%. Barclays downgraded Dell and two other hardware stocks.

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The Trigger: 3.7% Inflation

September CPI came in hot, fueling bets on a Fed rate hike — painful for an industry built on borrowed money.

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