Cramer calls Amodei's slowdown self-serving

Anthropic's CEO says pace the frontier. Jim Cramer thinks that pitch is a moat dressed up as safety.

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Sep 13, 2026

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Cramer calls Amodei's slowdown self-serving

Anthropic's CEO says pace the frontier. Jim Cramer thinks that pitch is a moat dressed up as safety.

In brief

Anthropic's CEO says pace the frontier. Jim Cramer thinks that pitch is a moat dressed up as safety. If the AI leaders really slow the data center buildout, the stocks priced for a speed-up have not caught up yet. Originally reported by CNBC.

The buildout may stall

The buildout may stall

Sam Altman, Elon Musk and Dario Amodei have all raised a self-imposed slowdown in AI data center construction. That puts pressure on Nvidia, which is wired into every company betting on speed.

Self-evident and self-serving

Amodei's weekend post, headlined "We Must Pace the Frontier," reads to Cramer as obvious on its face and conveniently timed for the company writing it.

“We Must Pace the Frontier”

Sacks calls the bluff

David Sacks, White House AI czar, answered on X: you set the frontier, so just stop. Asking for your own regulatory framework as the price looks like blackmail.

“The easiest way not to build superintelligence is for you to agree not to build it.”

A moat no startup crosses

Cramer's read: Amodei is inviting regulators in and asking for rules strict enough that newcomers cannot clear them. Lighter capex would also flatter an Anthropic IPO filing.

“Aren't they just pulling up the rope ladder for everyone else?”

Cramer already cut back

What's bogging down the data center trade has nothing to do with demand

At September's Investing Club meeting he warned members they were too dependent on data centers. He sold Corning, one of his best names, over the risk of a political halt.

“Well, here we are.”

Not in the stocks yet

What caused Nvidia's nasty reversal Friday? Look to the Fed for clues

The market has not priced a slowdown, even after Oracle's earnings call. Cramer says he will take any decline seriously rather than wave it off.

Buy the overreaction, not before

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The plan is to wait until the panic is fully baked in, then buy back the favorites sold in the heavy selling. Cardinal Health and BNY are the ballast when AI headlines whip the tape.

The bottom line

If the AI leaders really slow the data center buildout, the stocks priced for a speed-up have not caught up yet.

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