often attributive
: a company that markets its products or services usually exclusively online via a website
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For now, the AI trade is still backed by stronger profits, much better balance sheets and calmer credit markets than investors saw during the dot-com era.
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Andrew Graham,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Artificial intelligence has fueled soaring valuations, trillion-dollar companies and a wave of optimism that some economists believe echoes the late 1990s dot-com boom.
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Dan Simms,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
So there was a very productive residue that was left behind by the dot-com bubble.
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ArsTechnica,
23 June 2026
Through the dot-com bust, the financial crisis, the pandemic crash and every rescue that followed, investors learned to trust that the Fed would not let a bust become fatal.
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Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
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Andrew Graham,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Artificial intelligence has fueled soaring valuations, trillion-dollar companies and a wave of optimism that some economists believe echoes the late 1990s dot-com boom.
—
Dan Simms,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
So there was a very productive residue that was left behind by the dot-com bubble.
—
ArsTechnica,
23 June 2026
Through the dot-com bust, the financial crisis, the pandemic crash and every rescue that followed, investors learned to trust that the Fed would not let a bust become fatal.
—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
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“Dot-com.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dot-com. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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