JPMorgan says an AI label alone no longer secures financing, as lenders increasingly require companies to show they can fund investment, service debt and generate cash flow. Credit default swap (CDS) trading tied to major AI companies surged in September, with weekly trading averaging more than $9 billion according to Morgan Stanley, and the five-year CDS of one financing-dependent AI infrastructure company reached 1,100 basis points, implying a near or above 50% probability of default over five years. In a report published Oct. 23, J.P. Morgan Private Bank's Justin Biemann said the stress is concentrated in business models that need debt markets to stay open, though a deeper AI downturn could spill into other risk assets, including Bitcoin. He pointed to Lehman Brothers, whose CDS topped 1,400 basis points before its 2008 bankruptcy as an early warning, while large AI leaders with strong cash flow pay 50 to 120 basis points.
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