# AI & Compute News, Oct 26, 2026: Meta flags tight AI funding as Nasdaq posts worst day in four months

> Meta called the fundraising climate increasingly challenging after lifting its 2026 capex floor to a range of $135 billion to $145 billion. The Nasdaq fell…

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- **Desk:** AI & Compute
- **Date:** Mon, Oct 26, 2026
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Meta called the fundraising climate increasingly challenging after lifting its 2026 capex floor to a range of $135 billion to $145 billion. The Nasdaq fell 2.6% as AI-linked stocks led the selloff. ## Meta's funding warning stokes doubts over AI capital supply Meta said recent capital raises by Alphabet and SpaceX, plus expected fundraising by Anthropic and OpenAI, have made fundraising increasingly challenging. Its quarterly revenue rose 26% to $64.6 billion, yet free cash flow was negative $2.1 billion. The company raised the low end of its 2026 capital spending forecast to $135 billion to …

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## Sources

1. [Does enough capital exist to finance everyone’s ambitious AI spending plans?](https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/does-enough-capital-exist-finance-155732075.html)
2. [Meta’s Unending AI Spending](https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/metas-unending-ai-spending-34e53011)
3. [Goldman Sachs cuts Kospi target by 25% amid AI stock selloff](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/world-indices/articles/goldman-sachs-cuts-kospi-target-092052012.html)
4. [Nvidia’s Jensen Huang Says AI Agents Have Sent Token, GPU Demand ‘Through the Roof’: Gene Munster Sees 15 Million Bot Users Soaring to Billions](https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/nvidia-jensen-huang-says-ai-013010925.html)
5. [Amazon Just Walked Away From a $427 Million Data Center Plan After Neighbors Fought Back](https://247wallst.com/investing/2026/10/24/amazon-just-walked-away-from-a-427-million-data-center-plan-after-neighbors-fought-back/)
6. [Google’s AI search changes upended online publishing](https://www.theverge.com/column/1017983/google-ai-search-online-publishing)

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