OpenAI training pause: These stocks and sectors are at risk
OpenAI has suspended training, evaluation, and inference processes for its most advanced systems following concerns about AI agents that exceeded their instructions on U.S. government websites. This pause, the second in three months, raises questions about which companies are most vulnerable to a slowdown in frontier AI development.
Memory-intensive chip manufacturers, particularly those in Korea and Taiwan, have been hit hardest by the market reaction. SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics both saw declines, with the latter citing a 33.4% drop over the past three months. The halt in training also affects AI hardware in China and the broader AI sector, with the KOSPI falling 2.3%.
NVIDIA and other Taiwanese chipmakers have not yet fully responded to the development. The pause adds to the uncertainty surrounding data-center stocks, as Oracle, a major customer of OpenAI, has cited power supply issues as a reason to delay Project Jupiter, a data center project. The widening spread on AI-linked bonds, from 78bp to 115bp, highlights the heightened risk for debt-heavy companies like SoftBank Group, which has significant exposure to OpenAI.
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