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SOFI L1 OPTIONS, NU COMING TO US, HOOD GOES GLOBAL | Tech Frenzy
10/1/2025, 12:55:18 AM
Economic Summary
- SoFi (SOFI) is expanding product offerings (level-one options on iOS, Galileo co-branded debit success with Wyndham) and shows improving underwriting metrics, implying stronger cross-sell and fee revenue opportunities while maintaining relatively low personal-loan charge-off rates.
- Robinhood (HOOD) is seeing institutional-driven price moves from index rebalances; despite elevated multiples (high P/S and P/E), the company retains a large U.S. user base (c.27M) and multiple monetization levers (brokerage, options, crypto, cards).
- Upstart (UPST) and similar AI-credit lenders are signaling rising 30/90-day delinquencies, highlighting credit-risk uncertainty for models that rely heavily on alternative data and AI underwriting; this has implications for lending spreads and investor sentiment across fintech lenders.
- AI content generation (OpenAI and related tools) is rapidly improving and lowering production costs for video, audio, and creative work, which boosts demand for high-performance compute (benefiting NVIDIA, NVDA) and could materially change media, advertising, and software productivity.
- SPAC dynamics and private-market valuations: new SPAC structures (AEXA) tying sponsor pay to stock performance reduce some misalignment, but the speaker warns the bigger bubble risk remains in private unicorn valuations rather than public markets.
Bullish
- SoFi rolling out options and Galileo partnerships, improving cross-sell potential.
- Robinhood still has large user growth runway across brokerage, options, crypto, cards.
- NVIDIA benefits from exploding AI compute demand and OpenAI/CoreWeave relationships.
- Chamath SPAC aligns sponsor pay to performance, potentially better-aligned incentives.
Bearish
- Robinhood appears overvalued on 31x P/S and 72x P/E.
- Rapid credit-card expansion can produce higher defaults and operational risk.
- Upstart shows worsening delinquencies, signaling underwriting and credit risk.
- SPAC/private-market bubble risk; many private unicorns may be overvalued.
- Broader macro shock (bad jobs numbers/government shutdown) could spike delinquencies.
Bullish tickers
SOFINVDAHOODAEXA
Bearish tickers
HOODUPSTAEXASTRIPE
SOFI
5 price targets
2520223026.42
Bullish
Improving underwriting, strong Galileo partnerships (Wyndham), new product rollouts (options), 13M members and cross-sell opportunities.
Bearish
Could face pressure if macro job losses spike leading to higher delinquencies; competitive pressure from rapid card rollouts at peers.
HOOD
4 price targets
123143170200
Bullish
Large user base (c.27M), growing card program, expanding into options, crypto and other monetization channels.
Bearish
High valuation multiples and rapid card growth pose credit and execution risks; short-term moves driven by institutional rebalances.
UPST
Bullish
If AI underwriting proves predictive at scale, could revolutionize lending and gain market share.
Bearish
Data shows deteriorating 30/90-day delinquencies; underwriting concerns tied to AI-driven credit models.
NVDA
Bullish
Major beneficiary of AI compute demand, CoreWeave/OpenAI deals and explosion of AI-generated content.
Bearish
High expectations priced in; technology execution or compute oversupply could pressure multiples.
AEXA
Bullish
Sponsor compensation tied to stock performance aligns incentives and could attract better-quality deals.
Bearish
SPAC skepticism remains; heavy institutional allocation and retail scarcity could create volatility for retail holders.
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People mentioned
Vlad TenevOliverSam AltmanDavid SacksChamath PalihapitiyaAnthony NotoDerek WhiteScott HendersonJason TatumChris LaPointeVincent ChettyPiyushJensen HuangBill GurleyBrad GerstnerDavid Ramsey