Nvidia reached a stock market capitalization last week of 3.92 billion dollars, exceeding the Apple record established in the late 2024. Everything indicates that the green giant will overcome the barrier of the 4 billion dollars and will continue to the head as the most valuable company in the world.
To put the data in context, only four years ago Nvidia was valued at 500,000 million dollars and was mainly known for its graphic technology for video games and work stations. Since then, Its stock market capitalization has almost multiplied by eightdriven by the explosive growth of the AI revolution and the company’s ability to position its high performance chips in data centers.
«When the first company exceeded the billion dollars, it was impressive. And now we are talking about four billion, which is simply incredible. This shows that there is a huge fever for investing in AI and that everyone is chasing it right now »they explain in Reuters.
Nvidia, indispensable in the AI revolution
The rise in Nvidia’s actions reflects a generalized optimism on Wall Street on the future of AI. The company’s most recent accelerators have become essential to train and execute the largest and most sophisticated AI modelswhich drives a career among technological giants to build powerful data centers and master the next era of computer science.
Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet or Meta, compete to expand their AI infrastructure and specialized hardware is key in this transformation. Not even the irruption of AI models as Deepseek, which has shown that IA models can be trained and more efficiently and economically, has made a dent in its business.
Analysts expect the next -generation Blackwell Gpus Blackwell of the company to accelerate growth further, and Wall Street anticipate that Nvidia could soon reach, and potentially overcome, the milestone of a market capitalization of 4 billion dollars. His rise has also transformed the stock market in general. The company now represents a significant portion of the S&P 500 index, and its performance has left many investors, including those who save for retirement through indexed funds, more and more exposed to the evolution of the AI sector.
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Despite its domain, the Green Giant faces challenges, such as the continuous commercial restrictions that limit the sale of its most advanced chips to China, as well as the growing competition of rivals that develop Hardware to the way. However, the company’s innovation portfolio remains solid, with expansion to new markets such as autonomous vehicles and physical systems of AI, indicating that its influence in the technological world will probably persist.
He financial performance The company has been equally impressive. In the last quarter, he reported an income of 44.1 billion dollars, with an interannual increase of 69%. Sales of data centers contributed 39.1 billion dollars, confirming their dominant position as essential hardware for artificial intelligence applications.