DeepSeek Part Two: Why AI Skeptics Are Wrong. 10 Stocks That Will Win.

Tae Kim · Key Context by Tae Kim · March 30, 2026 at 22:35 · ⏱ 5 min read  | Read on Substack ↗
TLDR
The article argues that current market fears over AI stocks due to macro anxieties (Iran War, peak AI capex) are overblown and short-sighted, similar to past panics. It contends the AI industry is shifting from training to inference, driven by autonomous agents, causing a severe compute shortage and presenting a massive investment opportunity. The author remains bullish on select companies poised to benefit from this transition. • AI-related stocks are falling due to macro fears (Iran War, peak AI capex), but these are likely temporary, similar to last year's tariff and compute glut worries. • The AI industry is at an inflection point: moving from training to inference, with 90% of data center power now used for inference. • There is a severe compute shortage for inference, exacerbated by autonomous AI agents (e.g., coding assistants) that increase token demand by 15x. • AI model capabilities are set for further advances (e.g., Anthropic's Mythos, OpenAI's next model, Nvidia's Vera Rubin hardware). • A CPU shortage is emerging due to AI agent orchestration, benefiting companies like Intel and AMD. • Nvidia remains central to the AI buildout, with control over supply chains and key acquisitions like Groq. • The shift to AI agents addresses a $6.2 trillion knowledge work market, indicating a long-term structural trend.
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