# How to Navigate the AI Debt Bubble Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/money-for-the-rest-of-us-511107/how-to-navigate-the-ai-debt-bubble Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/money-for-the-rest-of-us-511107/how-to-navigate-the-ai-debt-bubble.md Podcast: [Money For the Rest of Us](https://stenobird.com/podcast/money-for-the-rest-of-us-511107) Published: 2026-07-29T16:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://rss.art19.com/episodes/07bfc20b-1144-4c80-8c6c-a6502bab1cfc.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Audio file: https://rss.art19.com/episodes/07bfc20b-1144-4c80-8c6c-a6502bab1cfc.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/money-for-the-rest-of-us-511107/episodes/how-to-navigate-the-ai-debt-bubble Duration seconds: 1598 ## Resource We explore the expected size of AI-related debt, which vehicles hold it, what could go wrong, and how to protect yourself. Topics covered include: How AI capex boom compares to other large booms and busts What fixed income vehicles hold AI-linked debt What mechanisms are being used to transfer AI-debt risk. How circular finance is contributing to the AI infrastructure buildout What could go wrong with the AI infrastructure buildout that could lead to losses on AI-related debt How to tell what exposure you have to AI debt Sponsors Delete Me – Use code David20 to get 20% off NetSuite  Insiders Guide Email Newsletter Get our free Investors' Checklist when you sign up for the free Money for the Rest of Us email newsletter Our Premium Products Asset Camp Money for the Rest of Us Plus Show Notes AI debt slide deck used for episode RBC Weighs $2 Billion Risk Transfer to Hedge Data Center-Linked Loans by Esteban Duarte and Paula Sambo—Bloomberg Hyperscalers Tap External Financing as AI Capex Outruns Cash Flow—FactSet Insight What History Tells Us About The AI Investment Boom by Larry Swedroe—Financial Advisor Goldman Sachs Warns on AI’s Debt Tsunami — Is This the End of the AI Boom? by Rich Duprey—Yahoo! Finance Progress and peril by Pablo Hernández de Cos—BIS The Opportunities and Risks AI Presents for the Economy and Financial System by Governor Lisa D. Cook—The Federal Reserve Financial Stability Report by The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System—The Federal Reserve Financing the AI infrastructure boom: on- and off-balance sheet borrowing by Egemen Eren, Ingomar Krohn and Karamfil Todorov—BIS How AI debt financing impacts duration supply and interest rates by Hugo De Vere, Srini Ramaswamy and Seth Searls—Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas US Life Insurers Held… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/money-for-the-rest-of-us-511107/episodes/how-to-navigate-the-ai-debt-bubble/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/money-for-the-rest-of-us-511107/how-to-navigate-the-ai-debt-bubble.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.