Many say AI is the future — an industry worth trillions of dollars — but others say it’s a bubble, built on circular money loops where the same few companies are investing in and buying from each other.

In this episode of Phrasal Verb News, Grant breaks down how companies like OpenAI, Nvidia, AMD, and Oracle are caught in a cycle of mutual spending that looks great on paper but might be more fragile than it seems.

Learn how to talk about money, risk, and dependence in business English with today’s 5 key expressions:

💬 Phrasal Verbs You’ll Learn:

1️⃣ Prop up – to support something artificially.

2️⃣ Shell out – to spend a large amount of money.

3️⃣ On paper – when something looks good in theory but not in practice.

4️⃣ Rely on – to depend on something or someone for success.

5️⃣ House of cards – something that looks stable but is actually fragile.

📘 In this episode:

• What “circular transactions” really mean in the AI industry
• Why Nvidia’s $100B investment in OpenAI might be self-reinforcing
• How these business idioms and phrasal verbs apply to your work

🎙️ Learn real English from real business stories every week with Phrasal Verb News — the podcast where headlines meet language learning.

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