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Chip firms fall in US and Asia as AI jitters rattle investors

Published

28 July 2026

Topic

operational-macro

Sectors

SemiconductorsAI Infrastructure

Geography

United StatesAsia-Pacific

Source

Read at bbc.com

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Fusion42 · 28 July 2026 · Fusion42 review

Chip stocks fell sharply across US and Asian markets as AI-related selling intensified, with Samsung and SK Hynix down over 10% and Nvidia losing its position as the world's most valuable company to Apple. The sell-off reflects growing investor concerns about whether AI investments can generate returns sufficient to justify the hundreds of billions being spent.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Semiconductors and AI Infrastructure. Wire is Fusion42's founder-focused intelligence feed: each story is connected to the funds and startups it names — every one with a live profile on Raise or Scout — so founders can follow the capital and the momentum behind the headline rather than just the headline itself. Wire analysis is one of the live surfaces Arthur reasons over.

◆ The Wire takeaway

Investors are repricing the entire chip sector on the question of whether AI infrastructure spending ever turns profitable. If you sell into the data-centre buildout—power, cooling, optical interconnect, networking—your customers' capex budgets are about to get harder scrutiny.

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SemiconductorsAI Infrastructureai-spendingvaluation-resetcapex-returnschip-demandmarket-correction