The age of the unicorn is over
Don’t expect AI to bring it back
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BUSINESS has never been better for America’s tech giants. After slumping in 2022, the combined market value of Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta and Microsoft has surged by 70 per cent, to over US$10 trillion, since the start of 2023 amid the hype over artificial intelligence (AI).
The technology has also propelled others into the industry’s upper echelons. On Feb 21, Nvidia, an AI-chip champion, reported that its sales rocketed by 265 per cent year on year in the quarter to January. Its market value has risen from around US$500 billion a year ago to US$1.7 trillion, making it America’s fifth-most-valuable firm.
OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, and other AI builders such as Anthropic have shot to fame, scooping up billions of dollars in funding.
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