Nov 24 (Reuters) -

"The Big Short" investor Michael Burry, who has expressed

skepticism of the current AI boom, has launched a paid

newsletter on Substack, with a focus on stocks, market and

economic trends, days after shutting down his hedge fund.

Burry, who shot to fame for betting against the U.S.

housing market ahead of the 2008 financial crisis, is widely

watched for his comments on markets and the economy. His bets

have long been dissected by traders for clues on looming bubbles

and signs of market froth.

"I am not retired," Burry wrote on Substack, adding that

the blog titled Cassandra Unchained had his "full attention."

The newsletter currently has more than 21,000 subscribers

and costs $39 per month. He has hinted at a publication schedule

of generally one or more pieces most weeks.

Burry's two posts on Substack so far are titled

"Foundations: My 1999 (and part of 2000)" and "The Cardinal Sign

of a Bubble: Supply-Side Gluttony", in which he discusses the AI

bubble.

Earlier this month, Burry closed Scion Asset Management and

returned capital to investors.

Burry did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for

comment.

Burry said managing money professionally came with

regulatory and compliance constraints that "effectively muzzled"

his ability to communicate, leading to misunderstandings around

his SEC filings that sparked market turmoil and heated debates

he said he never intended.

Recently, Burry stepped up criticism of technology

heavyweights, including Nvidia ( NVDA ) and Palantir

Technologies ( PLTR ), questioned the cloud infrastructure boom

and accused major providers of using aggressive accounting to

inflate profits from their massive hardware investments.

Burry's short position against subprime mortgage securities

during the housing market crash was chronicled in Michael

Lewis's book "The Big Short" and its film adaptation.

(Reporting by Shashwat Chauhan in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil

D'Silva)