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Jensen Huang Saga Tests AI Trade Ahead of Anthropic IPO

Jensen Huang, Haidi Stroud-Watts, Paul Allen, Patrick Moorhead, Makoto Kuroda, Carmen Li, Randy Abrams, Arthur Lang, Michael Shepard, Sonny Vangio, Garfield Reynolds, Mary Daly, Andrew Irvine, Tom Giles

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  • Investors are assessing short-, medium-, and long-term repercussions of Jensen Huang's leadership upheaval at NVIDIA, with no defined timeline for finding a permanent replacement while the interim period continues.
  • Long-term customers are projected to remain locked in for at least 18 months, hindering competitor access, whereas the AI industry in Europe and Western cloud services (excluding China) may consume an additional 30 to 40 percent of capacity over the same period.
  • There is a realistic risk that global data centers cannot absorb current chip supply if access blocks remain, particularly as export control measures driven by congressional bipartisan momentum are expected to pass before year-end via defense legislation amendments.
  • The US is expected to lose momentum in the AI race without Huang's advocacy for hardware quality, while China faces compute slowdowns and is projected to aggressively localize chip manufacturing and design, potentially through partnerships with firms like DeepSeek.
  • US-China technology relations are anticipated to deteriorate as the leverage balance erodes, with scrutiny on China expected to intensify and the upcoming Trump-Xi meeting becoming harder to use for strategic stability over the next two to three months.
  • Asian markets are expected to decouple NVIDIA's performance from the broader AI theme, potentially seeing gradual upside if the Anthropoc IPO succeeds, which would serve as a litmus test for robust demand and reduced reliance on vendor financing.
  • Monetary policies in Asia are tightening as the Federal Reserve hikes rates, forcing the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to hike later this year and the Bank of Indonesia to raise rates by at least 25 basis points next week, causing regional currency pain.
  • Japanese banks are forecast to see net interest income rise 10 to 20 percent year-over-year with loan demand growing 5 to 6 percent overall (7 to 8 percent total, 9 to 10 percent for large corporates), potentially triggering dividend hikes or buybacks in the second half of the year.
  • Singtel expects full-year dividend growth of mid to high single digits while investing in data centers and GPU businesses, maintaining limited exposure to NVIDIA supply chain issues with less than 5 percent of capacity leased to neo-clouds.
  • AI infrastructure build-out is not expected to face near-term impacts from the leadership change, though concerns exist regarding the "central banker" role in supply and financing, the continuity of the "Jensen premium," and potential write-downs on H200 chips due to regulatory shifts.
  • The market anticipates NVIDIA will take a more passive role in policy discussions, while the semiconductor trade may bifurcate as investors shift from a single-stock reliance to broader stock-picking opportunities.
  • GPU rental prices are expected to remain contangled with rates rising due to tight HBM demand and supply, while the term structure of futures implies a consensus that demand will exceed supply over the next 36 months.
  • Market volatility is expected to persist until a permanent CEO is secured and successful quarters are recorded, with investors viewing the interim leadership as a stabilizing factor but seeking evidence of a new "operating system" and sustained innovation pipeline.
  • Investors are watching for corporate governance resolutions through earnings reports, potential write-downs, and the extent of technology transfer investigations, which could lead to Asian suppliers being summoned to testify.
  • The AI ecosystem faces a test of end-user demand and market size for tools, with worries that circular financing and deal-making pace may slow without Huang's evangelism, though the underlying trend is viewed as a once-in-a-generation opportunity.
  • The broader AI theme is expected to remain intact despite controversy, with the market assessing whether the "open ecosystem" stance and customer investment levels can be maintained under new management.