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Anushka Mukherji

Hedge Funds Are Betting Against Super Micro. Should You Go Against the Grain and Buy SMCI Stock Here?

Once a key beneficiary of the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, Super Micro Computer (SMCI) rode the explosive wave of demand for storage and networking solutions built for data centers, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise AI. And for a while, it seemed like nothing could stop it. But that high-flying narrative has unraveled quite fast. 

After already facing investor concerns over shady accounting practices and delayed filing of financial reports nearly two years ago, shares of Super Micro are once again under intense selling pressure this year, dragged down by a deepening legal and regulatory crisis that erupted in late March. The latest blow came when co-founder Yih-Shyan "Wally" Liaw, along with a company employee and a contractor, was charged with illegally smuggling American AI hardware to China. 

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