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https://www.cambridgeassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/ai-ambitions.jpg1200557AI’s capital-intensive buildout is increasingly financed through investment-grade corporate debt, extending its influence beyond equities into US defined benefit plans’ liability-hedging portfolios and discount rates. If the AI trade disappoints, funded status could be affected by equity declines, credit deterioration, and changes in the composition and yields of the AA corporate-bond universe used to value pension obligations. This paper examines these risks and potential steps plan sponsors can take to manage them.