AI will still solve humanity's 'most important problems': Affirm CEO on the sell-off

Yahoo Finance · Yahoo Finance Video · 2026-11-06 16:01 UTC

Affirm (AFRM) CEO Max Levchin si...

Affirm (AFRM) CEO Max Levchin sits down with Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi to discuss Thursday's massive tech sell-off, highlighting why he doesn't see it as "profoundly destructive" to the overall AI trade.

You know, I think we are living through a profoundly important time in tech both from a consumer use, from the business use, any way you slice it, we are in the moment in time where you you want it to be like we're this close to solving some of the world's most important problems.

Like you can reframe the current debate around data center construction. like 100% real concerns around noise and electricity shifting away from residential neighborhoods and all of that. like those are real, they're going to get addressed.

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