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2025 "could well be" the year AI company valuations start to fall

“2025 could well be the year in which valuations for major AI companies start to fall.”

Gary MarcusCognitive scientist and author; AI commentatorSaid · Source: garymarcus.substack.com

Context: "25 AI predictions for 2025" (Jan 2025), with the caveat that "the market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent".

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Our interpretation: correct if valuations of the leading private AI labs (OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI) were lower at end-2025 than at the start of 2025.

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Wrong ()
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None stated
Specificity
1 of 3 (vague or hedged)
Score
0.0 points × weight 1

Evidence & grader’s note

OpenAI went from $157B (Oct 2024) to $500B (Oct 2025), and other labs also rose.

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  1. Statement Gary Marcus makes the claim (quoted above).

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