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The combined market capitalization of the seven U.S. tech giants is nearing 25000000000000 USD,AI A collective shift in capital expenditures could impact the global economy

BlockBeats reports that October 8, the combined market capitalization of the U.S. “Magnificent Seven”—Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Tesla—has approached 25000000000000 USD. If treated as an economy, its scale would rank behind only the United States and exceed that of China, Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom. Analysts point out that although this comparison cannot equate corporate market capitalization directly with GDP, it reflects that the economic influence of a small number of major U.S. technology companies has approached that of large economies.

Meanwhile, the AI boom is driving the giants’ capital expenditures to become rapidly concentrated. Data show that since 2026, the annual capital expenditures of the Magnificent Seven plus SpaceX have been approximately 580000000000 USD, accounting for approximately 500 of the capital expenditures of S&P 30%index constituents over the same period. Market participants warn that if AI infrastructure investment collectively cools or is reduced, a decline in the technology sector’s capital expenditures could transmit further to growth in the United States and even the global economy.

Mike Treacy, head of market analysis at Apex Fintech Solutions, said that these giants often act “in concert,” so a change in one company’s investment direction could have broader macroeconomic effects. As AI investment has become the core driver of the giants’ spending, market attention to their capital expenditure cycle is also expanding from technology-stock valuations to global economic growth.

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