{"id":301546,"date":"2026-02-16T22:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T22:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/301546\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T22:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T22:42:10","slug":"ray-dalios-bridgewater-invests-253-million-in-major-ai-stock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/301546\/","title":{"rendered":"Ray Dalio\u2019s Bridgewater invests $253 million in major AI stock"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ray Dalio\u2019s Bridgewater just made a massive $253 million statement in the hotly competitive AI<\/a> arms race.<\/p>\n

In its latest 13F, the macro giant upped its stake in Nvidia<\/a> (NVDA<\/a>) by nearly 1.35 million shares, bumping its position to $721 million at year-end. That puts the AI bellwether at nearly 2.63% of Bridgewater\u2019s whopping $27.4 billion U.S. stock portfolio.<\/p>\n

Clearly, that was a meaningful addition, and it lands at a time when Nvidia\u2019s stock has been under considerable duress.<\/p>\n

Over the past six months, the stock has barely budged, rising just 0.7%<\/a>, and it is down 2% year to date.<\/p>\n

Even so, the bigger picture hasn\u2019t changed, with Nvidia remaining the backbone of the AI buildout.<\/p>\n

Moreover, as long as the big hyperscalers continue writing major capex checks, the growth story remains well and truly intact.<\/p>\n

Importantly, Bridgewater isn\u2019t your regular hedge fund<\/a> filing a 13F.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s arguably the biggest and most influential macro investing machine ever built, with its culture shaped by legendary investor Ray Dalio.<\/p>\n

Bridgewater\u2019s latest assets-under-management (AUM) figure is at a whopping $136.5 billion (discretionary assets under management),\u00a0per WhaleWisdom<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dalio, though, sold off his remaining stake in 2025 and, in stepping back from the board, handed the reins to CEO Nir Bar Dea. These days, Dalio still opines on debt-related risks, gold allocations<\/a>, and the U.S. economy.<\/p>\n

That said, Bridgewater\u2019s Nvidia bet shows the fund has decided that this is still where you want to be long.<\/p>\n

\"Bridgewater Bridgewater Associates invests $253 million in Nvidia, signaling strong conviction in AI growth.Photo by Bloomberg on Getty Images \u00b7 Photo by Bloomberg on Getty Images <\/p>\n

Market value:$27.4 billion (prior: $25.5 billion)<\/p>\n

Inflows\/outflows (as % of total MV):+4.63%<\/p>\n

New purchases:191 stocks<\/p>\n

Added to:450 stocks<\/p>\n

Sold out of:165 stocks<\/p>\n

Reduced holdings in:395 stocks<\/p>\n

Top 10 holdings concentration:36.3%<\/p>\n

Turnover: 29.5%
Source: WhaleWisdom<\/p>\n

Nvidia was Bridgewater\u2019s largest single-stock holding in its latest 13F, and it comes at a point when investors are in \u201cshow me\u201d mode with the AI trade.<\/p>\n

For the macro giant, AI is like a massive capital cycle, a relentless arms race among businesses seeking to build quicker, smarter systems.<\/p>\n

In that fiercely competitive space, Nvidia still dominates as a clear leader, serving as the backbone and tollbooth of the massive AI infrastructure buildout.<\/p>\n

More Nvidia:<\/p>\n

On the fundamentals<\/a> side, Nvidia continues to impress, having surged past estimates across both lines in the past four consecutive quarters.\u00a0 In its most recent quarterly update (Q3 2026), it posted $57 billion in revenue<\/a>, a whopping $2 billion beat, driven by $51.2 billion in data center revenue, up 66% year over year.<\/p>\n

As we look ahead, analysts are largely upbeat over Nvidia\u2019s prospects, on the back of massive 2026 hyperscaler capex plans and the tech giant\u2019s full-stack advantage across chips, networking, and software.<\/p>\n

Veteran analyst Dan Ives<\/a> recently called Nvidia an indispensable player of the physical AI space.<\/p>\n

Naturally, valuation discipline matters (trading at 39 times non-GAAP forward earnings), and spending cycles can cool off, but for now, Nvidia still remains at the center of gravity in AI.<\/p>\n

State Street SPDR S&P 500<\/a> ETF Trust: $1.29 billion<\/p>\n

Oracle: $286 million<\/p>\n

Micron Technology: $253 million<\/p>\n

Nvidia: $253 million<\/p>\n

Newmont: $192 million
\u00a0Source: WhaleWisdom<\/p>\n

State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust: 11.08%<\/p>\n

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF: 10.45%<\/p>\n

Nvidia: 2.63%<\/p>\n

Lam Research: 1.9%<\/p>\n

Salesforce: 1.87%
\u00a0Source: WhaleWisdom<\/p>\n

Nvidia wasn\u2019t the only addition in Bridgewater\u2019s broader AI stack build as the fund leaned into the infrastructure around it.<\/p>\n

Oracle and Micron were two of its biggest bets and represent two critical choke points in the AI buildout in cloud capacity and memory bandwidth.<\/p>\n

Bridgewater boosted its Oracle stake from 406,279 shares in Q3 to 1,873,481 shares in Q4, bringing the total position to about $365 million.<\/p>\n

Related: Jim Simons’ Renaissance drops $520 million on surging tech stock<\/a><\/p>\n

Oracle\u2019s cloud performance has been mighty impressive, to say the least, with its fiscal Q2 2026 cloud sales rising to $8 billion, up 34% year over year<\/a>, and infrastructure-as-a-service revenue surging 68% to $4.1 billion.<\/p>\n

Also, remaining performance obligations came in at $523 billion, up 438%, underscoring massive AI-related commitments.<\/p>\n

Micron is the bandwidth story that\u2019s been one of the hottest tech plays on the back of the AI-led memory boom.<\/p>\n

Bridgewater went from just 1,696 shares to 889,640 shares, building a sizeable $254 million stake.<\/p>\n

Demand for high-bandwidth memory (critical for AI) is forecasted to expand from nearly $35 billion in 2025 to $100 billion by 2028<\/a>, with Micron already having locked in 2026 HBM supply agreements.<\/p>\n

Also, it\u2019s lifting fiscal 2026 capex to nearly $20 billion to meet the insatiable demand.<\/p>\n

Moreover, it\u2019s worth noting that legendary mathematician Jim Simons\u2019 Renaissance Technologies also added $520 million worth of Micron stock<\/a> in its latest 13F, underscoring smart money\u2019s interest in the AI-driven memory cycle.<\/p>\n

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