OpenAI Rides High: A New Stock Market Behemoth Takes Shape

Quick overview

  • OpenAI is influencing the stock market, particularly affecting e-commerce companies like Shopify and Etsy with its new ChatGPT features.
  • Concerns arose for software stocks like Atlassian Corp. after a blog post revealed new internal features, while AMD's shares surged 38% due to a new agreement.
  • Despite not being publicly traded, OpenAI's impact on stocks is notable, prompting traders to closely monitor its announcements and events.
  • Analysts suggest that OpenAI may need to diversify beyond ChatGPT subscriptions to maintain its growth trajectory.

Although OpenAI is not publicly traded, it is gaining prominence in the stock market. Recently, OpenAI significantly influenced the shares of e-commerce companies like Shopify and Etsy following the introduction of ChatGPT’s instant buy option.

Conversely, software stocks such as Atlassian Corp. experienced new concerns after a blog post described new features the company is implementing internally.

The industry was already on edge due to the disruptions caused by AI. Atlassian also signed an agreement with Advanced Micro Devices Inc., which could potentially bring the chipmaker tens of billions of dollars in new revenue. This development led to a substantial increase in AMD’s shares, which surged 38%, marking their largest intraday percentage gain since April 2016.

Such market-moving influence is typically associated with giants like Apple Inc. or Nvidia, making OpenAI’s growing impact on various stocks notable, especially since there is little indication that the $500 billion startup plans to go public anytime soon.

Consequently, traders need to pay close attention to OpenAI’s announcements and events, such as the developer conference it is hosting on Monday. According to UBS analyst Karl Keirstead, “investors in software and the internet are very interested in where OpenAI will go next and how disruptive it could be.

” He added, “The consensus is that OpenAI will need to diversify more aggressively beyond ChatGPT subscriptions as it continues to expand.”

 

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Olumide Adesina
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Olumide Adesina is a French-born Nigerian financial writer. He tracks the financial markets with over 15 years of working experience in investment trading.

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