AI Selloff Tests Investor Confidence, Spotlight on CoreWeave and Tesla

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Barry Ritholtz says AI is transformational but investors must pick winners amid CoreWeave’s selloff, AI financing and valuation concerns, and intensifying EV competition challenging Tesla.

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Barry Ritholtz calls artificial intelligence transformational while warning that investors face a hard job picking winners after CoreWeave’s sharp selloff. He highlights rising concern about AI financing and lofty valuations, and he points to intensifying electric-vehicle competition that makes Tesla’s path less certain. The interview compresses two themes: big-picture faith in AI’s promise, and the immediate market test as investors punish companies with stretched valuations or unclear business models.