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business27 days ago•5 min saved

Tech Giants Hide $300bn AI Risk via Off-Balance-Sheet Guarantees

Major technology firms are using residual value guarantees to keep approximately $300 billion in AI-related exposure off their balance sheets. This strategy allows companies like Meta, Nvidia, and Broadcom to support cheaper financing for data centers and chips while maintaining investment-grade credit ratings. However, credit analysts warn that this off-balance-sheet complexity increases systemic risk if AI returns fail to materialize.

via Financial Times|

#ai-infrastructure #big-tech #business

business7 months ago•10 min saved

Muddy Waters accuses SoFi of dilution, debt masking, and misstatements

Muddy Waters Research alleges SoFi Technologies uses financial engineering to dilute shareholders, disguises borrowings as revenue (including a claim of a $312 million unrecorded debt), and ties student-loan and secured-loan activities to management bonuses rather than genuine economic value, suggesting potential widespread misstatements and aggressive equity issuance to hit targets.

via Muddy Waters Research|

#business #dilution #financial-engineering

business-politics2 years ago•1 min saved

"Trump's Media Merger Set to Earn Billions in DWAC Stock Deal"

Donald Trump is set to make $4 billion from the merger of his app, Truth Social, with another holding company, while other news in New York City includes a former WeWork office being offered as a migrant shelter, a shooting at a recording studio, the thriving bouldering scene in parks, and a man turning himself in after a pickle barrel incident.

via Gothamist|

#business-politics #donald-trump #financial-engineering