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AI Stocks Crash Because They... Sold Out?

2026-07-30 · 9 company · 10 thematic

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Co-host of Limitless Podcast (episode 210), a 4x/week show covering the frontier of AI and technology with a newsletter reaching hundreds of thousands. The podcast recently spun out as an independent entity.

josh kale

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“If I pull up SanDisk, right? SanDisk Corporation creates a different type of memory for AI. They're down 50%. This is the the darling stock, by the way, which was up like initially crazy... the year chart is still up 2,200%.”

—ejaaz

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