Opinion

It’s bubbles like AI that make the tech world go around

From telegraph fever to the first internet boom and bust, the same bubbly pattern seems to repeat itself.

Rohan SilvaTechnology investor

Jun 24, 2024 – 11.39am

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They say you know you’re in a financial bubble when your taxi driver starts talking to you about the stock market.

Well, the other day an Uber driver in Perth asked me what I did for a living. When I mentioned tech, he told me he’d just bought shares in Nvidia, the artificial intelligence chipmaker.

Rohan Silva is chair of Founders Factory Australia, which invests in early-stage tech companies.

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