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r/valueinvestingr/valueinvesting· u/Electrical_County_61· 5d agoDiscussion 0

Nvidia isn’t faking revenue, they are intentionally inflating the AI bubble.

Investor summaryBearish

Author argues Nvidia intentionally accelerates AI capex, inflating a bubble before sustainable customer cashflows can support it.

Bull points
  • Nvidia's strategy of accelerating compute demand forces tech giants to continuously buy more hardware.
  • Pulling demand forward is a highly rational and effective market-making move for Nvidia's revenue.
Bear points
  • The massive AI infrastructure build-out is being funded before real, sustainable customer cashflows are fully proven.
  • If actual customer cashflows fail to materialize, the massive hardware demand will collapse, popping the AI bubble.
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A lot of people are jumping on the "Nvidia is creating fake revenue through OpenAI" narrative, but that take is way too simple.

Based on a recent AI bubble stress test I did, the real issue is much more concerning: the entire AI infrastructure build-out is being funded before real, sustainable customer cashflows have been fully proven.

Nvidia isn't just handing money to a customer simply to get it back as revenue. They are making a calculated move to forcefully speed up the market. Think about it: if OpenAI grows faster, the demand for compute grows faster. That forces giants like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google to keep building more AI infrastructure to keep up, keeping immense pressure on the whole cycle.

For Nvidia, this is a highly rational investment—it forces the broader market to buy more hardware and pulls demand forward.

So, the real issue we should be talking about isn't "fake revenue." It's whether Nvidia is pumping air into a massive AI bubble long before actual, outside cashflows are strong enough to sustain it. That is exactly where the weak spots in this market are starting to show.

What happens when the music stops and the actual customer cashflows aren't there to support this massive infrastructure build-out? Is Nvidia’s strategy a genius market-making move, or are they just blowing up a tech bubble that is doomed to pop?

Curious to hear your thoughts on this.

Discussion · top comments6 selected
u/get_me_some_water 5· 5d ago

Everything you said has been discussed to death here! It's all priced in for most part

u/GrecianDesertUrn69 3· 5d ago

ok AI

u/LimitIntelligent9946 1· 5d ago

No the revenues are definitely fake and circular

u/Scodo810 2· 5d ago

Maybe, but Nvidia isn’t giving a $1 to get a $1, they’re turning around and getting $1.50 back on the $1.

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u/dfwrealestatebroker 1· 5d ago

People in this sub are so stupid