# AI & Compute News, Oct 16, 2026: AI selloff deepens as CoreWeave debt fears hit chip stocks; Nvidia's Huang cites strong

> CoreWeave shares fell 15% on Oct 14 and another 6% after hours, with its 2032 debt yielding over 15%. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said new chip orders still…

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- **Date:** Fri, Oct 16, 2026
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CoreWeave shares fell 15% on Oct 14 and another 6% after hours, with its 2032 debt yielding over 15%. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said new chip orders still arrive almost weekly and daily. ## CoreWeave sits at the center of a global AI and chip rout A selloff in AI-linked assets deepened this week, with debt-funded data-center buildouts the main worry. Reuters reported that CoreWeave, which owes nearly $50 billion per LSEG data, fell 15% on Oct 14 and another 6% after the close. Yields on its 2032 bonds climbed above 15%. South Korea's KOSPI …

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## Sources

1. [Morning Bid: CoreWeave at the heart of wipeout as AI rout deepens](https://www.reuters.com/world/china/global-markets-view-europe-2026-10-15/)
2. [Tech slide set to extend into second session amid worries over AI, elevated rates](https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/us-stock-futures-fall-as-hot-inflation-revives-fed-hike-concerns-4950317)
3. [AI Stocks Plunge, but Jensen Huang Says Nvidia Gets New Chip Orders Almost Daily](https://www.benzinga.com/markets/prediction-markets/26/10/62396367/nvidia-ai-demand-orders-jensen-huang)
4. [Stock Market Today: Dow Rises, Nasdaq Tumbles As AI Worries Hit Major Players (Live Coverage)](https://www.investors.com/market-trend/stock-market-today/dow-jones-sp500-nasdaq-inflation-data-nvidia-amd-micron-ai-fears/)
5. [Stock market today: S&P 500, Nasdaq slip as chip sell-off continues](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/live/copy-stock-market-today-hot-inflation-report-drops-tech-drives-sp-500-nasdaq-down-122056767.html)
6. [Google's $4 Billion Fuel-Cell Project Puts Bloom Energy's AI Power Backlog to the Test](https://www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/long-ideas/26/10/62395420/google-bloom-energy-ai-power)
7. [Blackstone’s Jon Gray Plots Once-in-a-Century Bet on the AI Boom](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-15/blackstone-s-huge-ai-bet-runs-from-data-centers-to-google-and-nvidia-deals)
8. [Ricursive Intelligence is betting on AI-designed chips to help solve the compute crisis](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/14/ricursive-intelligence-is-betting-on-ai-designed-chips-to-help-solve-the-compute-crisis/)
9. [Ricursive Intelligence debuts AlphaChip AI design at TechCrunch Disrupt](https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/science/ricursive-intelligence-debuts-alphachip-ai-design-at-techcrunch-disrupt/tldr)

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