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‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry warns of similarities between AI boom and dot-com bubble

Nypost · · 347 words · By Thomas Barrabi
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‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry warns of similarities between AI boom and dot-com bubble See more of our coverage in your search results.

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What happened

‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry warns of similarities between AI boom and dot-com bubble See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleFamed investor Michael Burry is warning that the current rush to pour billions of dollars into artificial intelligence bears eerie similarities to the dot-com bubble of the early 2000s.

Common ground

“History is not a perfect guide, but I see so many indicators both technical and fundamental lining up for the same conclusion,” Burry wrote on his subscriber-only “Cassandra Unchained” Substack page, according to Business Insider.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Michael Burry wrote on his subscriber-only “Cassandra Unchained” Substack page that he sees indicators lining up for the same conclusion as the dot-com bubble”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Michael Burry launched a Substack called 'Cassandra Unchained' and used it to warn that the AI boom mirrors the dot-com bubble.
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web search NEUTRAL — Michael James Burry is an American investor, hedge fund manager, and licensed physician. He founded the hedge fund Scion Capital, which later went by the name Scion Asset Management.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Burry
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web search NEUTRAL — Summary: Burry launched "Cassandra Unchained" Substack after leaving hedge fund business. Newsletter warns AI boom mirrors dot-com bubble with overbuilt supply. 23,000+ subscribers signed up since Sun…
https://www.briefs.co/news/big-short-investor-michael-burry-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Michael Burry of "The Big Short" has pivoted from investing to financial writing.Burry's first two posts on his new Substack discuss his history as a blogger and skepticism of AI.
https://www.businessinsider.com/big-short-michael-burry-subs…
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Claim 2: “Burry... described [Tesla] in December as “ridiculously overvalued.””
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Multiple independent sources, including Bloomberg, confirm that Michael Burry described Tesla as 'ridiculously overvalued' in a Substack post.
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web search NEUTRAL — Michael Burry called Tesla Inc. shares “ridiculously overvalued” and said shareholder dilution is set to continue after the proposed $1 trillion pay package for co-founder Elon Musk, according to a Su…
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-02/burry-say…
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web search NEUTRAL — Michael Burry called Tesla ridiculously overvalued as operating margin compressed to 5.8%. It sounds nuts, but SoFi is giving new active invest users up to $3,000 in stock for a limited time, and all …
https://247wallst.com/investing/2025/12/03/michael-burry-bui…
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web search NEUTRAL — 'Big Short' investor Michael Burry says Tesla is 'ridiculously overvalued'.Michael Burry is back, and he's turning his fire on Tesla.The "Big Short" investor called Elon Musk's automaker "ridiculously…
https://www.businessinsider.com/michael-burry-tesla-ridiculo…
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Claim 3: “Burry, who rose to prominence after his bet against the subprime mortgage market was featured in “The Big Short,””
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While the provided evidence for this specific claim was erroneously filled with results for a Michael Jackson movie, the claim is a widely known biographical fact about Michael Burry. However, based strictly on the provided evidence, the search results were irrelevant. But looking at the evidence for Claim 0 and 5, he is repeatedly referred to as the 'Big Short' investor, which corroborates his association with that event.
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web search NEUTRAL — Michael (2026 film) ... Michael is a 2026 musical biographical drama film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by John Logan. It follows the early life of American singer Michael Jackson, covering th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_(2026_film)
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 24, 2026 · Michael chronicles the meteoric rise and complicated personal life of Michael Jackson, tracing his journey from a child star in the Jackson 5 to the undisputed King of Pop.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11378946/
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web search NEUTRAL — MICHAEL will bring audiences a riveting portrayal of Michael Jackson (The King of Pop), the man behind hit songs like Thriller, Billie Jean and Black or White. This biopic will cover his life from ear…
https://michael.movie/
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Claim 4: “private equity firms have poured massive sums into companies like OpenAI.”
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Multiple sources mention private equity firms' involvement with OpenAI, including joint ventures and capital raises where private equity firms were offered guaranteed returns.
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic and OpenAI announced nearly identical enterprise joint ventures within hours of each other, each anchored by major private-equity firms and built on the Palantir forward-deployed engineer mo…
https://smarterx.ai/smarterxblog/anthropic-openai-enterprise…
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web search NEUTRAL — OpenAI generated $10 billion in revenue in 2025 while losing $14 billion in the same period, burning through capital at a rate that forced it to offer private equity firms a guaranteed 17.5% return ju…
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/day-openai-blinked-what-sora-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Explosive fundraising and record enterprise revenue growth propel Anthropic into the top tier of private tech giants, challenging OpenAI’s dominance in the global AI economy.
https://slguardian.org/anthropic-nears-900b-valuation-overta…
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Claim 5: “Big Tech giants Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta have collectively said they will spend an estimated $700 billion on AI development this year alone.”
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Three independent web sources report that the big tech giants (Amazon, Google/Alphabet, Microsoft, and Meta) are projected to spend approximately $700 billion on AI infrastructure/development.
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web search NEUTRAL — Google, Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon are projected to spend nearly $700 billion on AI infrastructure in 2026 alone—a 60% jump from last year.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/russellflem_tech-ai-spending-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle are collectively planning to spend approximately $690 billion on capital expenditures in 2026, with the vast majority directed at AI data centers, GPUs, a…
https://nerdleveltech.com/the-700-billion-ai-infrastructure-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Similarly, tech giants like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft plan to spend around $700 billion on AI by 2025. Experts believe this investment in efficiency and growth will persist even if the economy slo…
https://thejoai.com/ai-news/amazon-spends-725-billion-on-ai-…
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Claim 6: “High yield debt at 38% today vs 40%-50% back then”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of dictionary definitions and banking terminology for the word 'current' and does not contain any financial data regarding high yield debt percentages.
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web search NEUTRAL — When you buy or sell cryptocurrency, a difference between the current market price and the price you buy or sell that asset for is called a spread. However, unlike most other exchanges, Current does n…
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web search NEUTRAL — Who is the current editor of the Times? A lot of businesses are being hurt by the current high interest rates. I wouldn't work for them even if they paid me twice my current salary. What are your curr…
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/zhs/词典/英语-汉语-简体/current
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web search NEUTRAL — 爱词霸权威在线词典,为您提供current的中文意思,current的用法讲解,current的读音,current的同义词,current的反义词,current的例句等英语服务。
https://www.iciba.com/word?w=current
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Claim 7: “Palantir boss Alex Karp... said late last year that Burry was “bats–t crazy” after the investor disclosed that he had a bet against AI chip giant Nvidia.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists only of the meaning and origin of the name 'Alex' and does not mention Alex Karp, Palantir, or any comments regarding Michael Burry.
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web search NEUTRAL — Alex is a unisex name, employed either as a hypocoristic or a standalone given name, derived from the Greek element ἀλέξειν (aléxein), meaning "to defend" or "to protect."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex
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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 13, 2025 · Learn about the name Alex including the meaning, gender, origin, popularity, and more.
https://momlovesbest.com/alex-name-meaning
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 6, 2024 · Short form of Alexander, Alexandra and other names beginning with Alex.
https://www.behindthename.com/name/alex
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