Key Takeaways
- Apple was one of the few mega-cap tech stocks rising on Monday amid a rout that sank shares of cloud hyperscalers, AI chip makers and nuclear power providers.
- A sophisticated AI model from Chinese startup DeepSeek, reportedly developed without the advanced chips that power U.S. models, shook Wall Street's confidence in the AI trade that's propelled stocks to record highs.
- Some analysts said the efficiency of DeepSeek's model "offers some hope" that Apple can develop AI-capable devices more easily and at less expense than previously expected.
Shares of Apple (AAPL) charged higher on Monday, bucking the trend as its large-caಌp tech peers tumbled on concerns about overspending on AI.
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Apple, on the other hand, gained more𒆙 than 3% Monday as what was once considered a headwind for the company—its relatively modest investment in AI compared with its mega-cap peers—came to look more like a tailwind.
The efficiency of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:DeepSeek’s AI could also be contributing to Apple’s outperformance. The iPhone maker's AI success depends 🦄on its ability to develop devices powerful enough to run AI models. DeepSeek’s efficiency suggests that could be a less challenging and less expensive prospect than it once seemed.
Jefferies analysts in a note on Monday warned, though, that an AI model efficient enough to run on an iPhone without raising costs is likely a ways off. “DeepSeek’s success offers some hope,” they wrote, “but there is no impact on AI smartphone's near-term outlook.”
Nuclear Power and Chip Stocks Tumble
Nuclear power stocks Vistra (VST) and Constellation Energy (CEG), which have run up in the last year amid surging electricity demand from AI data centers, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:led the sell-off on Monday. AI chipmakers like Nvidia (NVDA) and Broadcom (AVGO) 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:plummeted as DeepSeek raised concerns that American tech companies don’t need the 🃏most advanced, expensi𒁏ve chips to run powerful models.
Cloud hyperscalers Microsoft (MSFT) and Alphabet (GOOG)(GOOGL) also fell on Monday. They have spent tens of billions of dollars on the AI arms race, building data centers, outfitting them with the most advanced hardware, and signing deals with energy providers to secure reliable sources of electricity. Jefferies analysts speculated DeepSeek could put executives at these companies under pressure to slow their pace of AI investment and explore ways to match DeepSeek’s efficiency.
UPDATE: This article has been updated after initial publication with closing share price information.