# 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.
- Title: Cramer calls Amodei's slowdown self-serving · CNBC | Shortify
- Summary: 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…
- Keywords: nvidia, data centers, anthropic, investing, business, finance, Cramer, calls, Amodei's, slowdown, self-serving, CNBC
- Source: CNBC — https://cnbc.com/2026/09/13/cramer-questions-anthropic-ceos-slowdown-manifesto-puts-forth-an-action-plan.html
- Author: Jim Cramer
- Published: 2026-09-13T23:47:14+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: ai, nvidia, data centers, anthropic, investing, business, finance
## 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
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
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
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.
## Key takeaway

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