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TECH Intelligence
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Where attention + capital concentrate first.
Editorial ranking · updated Sep 24 · methodology
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Editorial ranking · updated Sep 24 · methodology
TECHi Economy Pulse
Sat, Oct 17, 2026Live
Market sentiment organized into macro pulse, AI infrastructure, and market activity in one daily panel.
9:07 PM UTC
AI Fear & GreedMARKET SENTIMENT
Fear
A composite of price, news, activity and editorial assumptions; it does not measure dollars entering or leaving AI investments and has no established predictive track record.
35Index
Macro Pulse
S&P 500
7,659.44
-1.09% on the session
Yahoo Finance · delayed
Nasdaq
26,140.03
-2.15% on the session
Yahoo Finance · delayed
VIX
19.99
+21.45% on the session
Yahoo Finance · delayed
AI Infrastructure
TECHi AI Adoption Index
38/100
Proprietary weekly scenario model; this is an editorial adoption baseline, not a market statistic.
TECHi methodology
Market Activity
AAPL
Apple
Device AI upgrade cycle
Quote-page demand
NVDA
NVIDIA
AI accelerator demand
Quote-page demand
GOOGL
Alphabet Inc.
Reader traffic and market attention
Quote-page demand
Current Top-Weighted Drivers
Current score influence, not attribution for a historical move.
Market
6/100
Average session change -4.50%. 4 of 137 stored prints are constructive and 115 are defensive, out of 138 covered AI companies. Momentum is 50 plus the session change in percent times 10. The technical score is 70% momentum and 30% of the price position inside the stored day range.
Methodology inputNews
1/100
395/395 deduped headlines carried sentiment scores; average raw tone 0.2. Universe: 138 TECHi-covered AI company tickers.
Methodology inputTechnicals
9/100
Average session change -4.50%. 4 of 137 stored prints are constructive and 115 are defensive, out of 138 covered AI companies. Momentum is 50 plus the session change in percent times 10. The technical score is 70% momentum and 30% of the price position inside the stored day range.
Methodology inputScore History Sparkline
Latest recorded score
35
240 recorded readings, 2026-10-06T19:07:08.560Z to 2026-10-17T19:07:04.643Z. This endpoint can differ from the current calculation.
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