In this week’s AI Update, we dive into the rapidly shifting landscape behind today’s sky-high AI valuations and explore why macroeconomic forces may be creating unseen systemic risks across the tech ecosystem. Pavan Agarwal breaks down how the unwinding of the dollar-yen trade, leveraged Bitcoin positions, and hyperscalers’ overreliance on overpriced NVIDIA hardware are converging to put pressure on companies like OpenAI—potentially triggering a broader contagion that could impact banks, data-center REITs, and long-term AI investment flows. This episode uncovers how tightly interconnected global markets, digital assets, and AI infrastructure really are—and what leaders in mortgage and fintech should be watching next.