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Musk pledges 1 SpaceX share for every child in America

Warning signs are flashing on the AI trade. Here's where to spot them

Risk radar is beeping&nbsp;

Data: FactSet; Chart: Axios/Matt Phillips

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The debt-fueled AI boom is cracking

AI tremors felt in corporate bond market

CoreWeave's borrowing costs have surged

Data: Tradeweb; Chart: Axios/Matt Phillips

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Morgan Stanley's other IPO boom

AI investment is crowding everything else out

Why the chip stocks wobbled

Chipping in 

Data: Goldman Sachs; Chart: Axios/Matt Phillips; Note: Micron numbers reflect actual results reported on Sept. 30, 2026. 

News about AI startups' financials can be suspect

Fintech Deals

SpaceX pens $8B spectrum deal

The rising risk of the AI-versus-everything-else economy

Growth in U.S. construction spending&nbsp;&nbsp;

Data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, FactSet; Chart: Axios/Matt Phillips; Note: Data center construction includes construction costs, such as labor, materials, profits of contractors, architectural and engineering work and miscellaneous overhead, interest and taxes. Does not include servers, racks, chips or memory.

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