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Goldman CEO: Tech Fundraising Hot, AI Costs Raise Fear

6/5/2026

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Summary

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Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said investors remain eager for tech fundraises, citing Alphabet’s $80 billion equity plan.
He told CNBC that Wall Street has more greed than fear and abundant liquidity.
Solomon urged capital-intensive firms to secure funding now, noting that Alphabet shares fell but did not crash.
He warned that rising AI costs for data centres, semiconductors and computing could quickly shift greed into fear, recalling the dot-com bubble.

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Historical Context

The 2000 dot-com crash was foreshadowed by Super Bowl XXXIV, where 14 internet firms paid an average $2.2 million per spot—about $44 million total—before their stocks collapsed. After Yahoo!’s shares sank to $8.11 in September 2001, investors grew cautious; the early 2000s fostered risk-averse capital, and today’s large tech equity programs revive that same speculative mood.

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Story summary

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said investors remain eager for tech fundraises, citing Alphabet’s $80 billion equity plan.
He told CNBC that Wall Street has more greed than fear and abundant liquidity.
Solomon urged capital-intensive firms to secure funding now, noting that Alphabet shares fell but did not crash.
He warned that rising AI costs for data centres, semiconductors and computing could quickly shift greed into fear, recalling the dot-com bubble.

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