AI Risk and opportunity: The state of tech lending

In this episode of J.P. Morgan’s Making Sense, Jack Atherton from the EMEA Equity Capital Markets (ECM) market intelligence team, is joined by David De Boltz, Managing Director in Technology Leveraged Finance Capital Markets, and Edward Byun, global head of technology ECM, for a deep dive into the rapidly evolving world of tech capital markets. The team explores how the surge in AI infrastructure is reshaping lending and investment strategies, and why investors are rethinking risk across software, semiconductors and cloud platforms.
J.P. Morgan’s leveraged finance and equity capital markets experts discuss the latest market volatility, the split between “AI-proof” and “AI-risk” tech names, and the factors driving investor demand in both debt and equity markets. The conversation also covers the health of the tech IPO pipeline, challenges facing software companies and what it takes to stand out in today’s competitive funding environment. 

This episode was recorded on January 30, 2025. 

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