IO Fund argues AI infrastructure is becoming a financeable asset class, with AI-related debt issuance reaching $466 billion through September per Morgan Stanley data, versus $101 billion a year earlier. Oracle reported $125.3 billion in notes payable and borrowings in Q1, over three times its $37.1 billion in cash and marketable securities, while quarterly interest expense rose 55% to $1.43 billion. CoreWeave's total debt reached about $35.6 billion, and IO Fund wrote that more than 25% of its revenue goes to servicing that debt. Nvidia generated $127 billion in free cash flow over the 12 months ended July 2026 and has signed preliminary agreements with financial firms targeting more than $500 billion in third-party capital. The article also cites 14 circular financing arrangements identified by the IMF across the GPU ecosystem.
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