AI boom’s biggest risk may be the money spigot running dry

[Water tap dripping dollar bills] peshkov The artificial intelligence boom has survived years of warnings that it will end like the dot-com frenzy or housing bubble. For now, money is still pouring into AI companies, chips and data centers. That flow of capital may be the most important thing for investors to watch, The Wall Street Journal reported. The AI buildout faces plenty of potential obstacles, including power shortages, uncertain demand, rising borrowing costs and competition among model developers. But the more immediate threat could come if investors become unwilling to keep financing companies that require enormous amounts of cash before reaching profitability. Much of the AI ecosystem is financially interconnected.