Why Financial Markets Are Starting To Trade AI

In this Tech Insight, we look at how artificial intelligence is becoming so economically important that financial markets are starting to treat it like a tradable commodity.

Why?

For most businesses, AI is still thought of primarily as chatbots, virtual assistants, or productivity tools.

Behind the scenes, however, every AI request consumes computing resources that carry real costs. For example, every prompt submitted to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or other large language models requires processing power, memory, storage, networking, and electricity.