Aug 17, 2026 · 7 min
Anthropic’s growth lifts Asia’s AI trade
Kioxia Climbs, Leveraged Samsung Surges, Alibaba Rises
The episode connects Anthropic’s rapid expansion to gains in Asian technology stocks while Alibaba and Chinese internet giants face a pivotal earnings week.
- 1Anthropic’s rapid revenue growth is strengthening the AI trade across Japanese and Taiwanese technology stocks.
- 2Leveraged Samsung ETFs surged while South Korean markets were closed, amplifying a regional technology rally.
- 3Alibaba rose after selling its gaming arm and benefiting from strong downloads of its open-source AI models.
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Anthony Stevens links Anthropic’s rapid growth to gains in AI-related stocks across Japan and Taiwan.
The brief
Anthony Stevens examines how Anthropic’s rapid growth is boosting AI-related stocks in Japan and Taiwan, extending the market’s focus beyond US technology names.
The report also tracks a surge in leveraged Samsung ETFs during South Korean market closures, showing how trading products can magnify regional technology moves.
Alibaba’s stock rises after the sale of its gaming arm and strong downloads of its open-source AI models, adding corporate change to the AI narrative.
The episode closes with a preview of a major earnings week for Chinese internet giants, where results will test whether the rally has broader support.
What was said on this episode
7 statements · 5 positive · 2 mixed
Anthropic needs to go public to ease doubts about circular AI-trade financing.
“this company needs to list to kind of assuage some of these doubts around the circular financing side of the AI trade”
Listen at 1:12
China’s increasingly capable LLMs will increase demand for compute and memory.
“they will demand more compute and especially more memory”
Listen at 1:54
South Korean markets will rise strongly when trading resumes.
“that implies quite a strong pop in Korea when it comes back tomorrow”
Listen at 2:30
Memory demand is currently booming across the region.
“we continue to see this memory demand boom happening across the region”
Listen at 2:52
Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent are major players in Chinese LLMs and consumer internet.
“these are three big players in the new LLM space and in the original China Internet consumer Internet space”
Listen at 3:38
Chinese internet giants’ cloud AI and LLM sales may offset AI-driven consumption disruption.
“these names are going to be balancing out the kind of disruption into consumption by AI with the money that they're making from cloud AI and the LM sales that they're making”
Listen at 3:46
China’s AI sector may be generating revenue.
“whether AI is revenue generating in China”
Listen at 4:00
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