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NVIDIA has recently joined the trillion-dollar club from crypto to AI

Nvidia, a semiconductor and graphics card manufacturer, has recently joined the trillion-dollar club. It didn't take long for them to fall back below US$1 trillion, but this might indicate they’ll be a permanent member soon.

Solid first-quarter financial results caused the price increase. Despite the stock leveling below the milestone, Nvidia is expected to be one of the businesses that help carry US equities in the year’s second half.

The rapidly evolving AI environment may impact investors in apparently diverse index futures on Plus500 USA regarding its possible uses. The inference is that if AI succeeds, it will help many publicly traded firms besides Nvidia.

AI is Disrupting

Nvidia's financials and mood have improved due to the supply of goods used in training AI models. ChatGPT, for example, was the first technology platform to surpass 100 million users. ChatGPT leverages Nvidia's processing power to train its sophisticated models.

In the last six months, the news has been dominated by AI’s increasing potential (and risks), with a diverse range of enterprises capitalizing on the excitement to launch new AI products. With ChatGPT, you may fix code issues, create a newsletter, and even undergo unregulated CBT therapy in seconds.

According to Rajiv Jain, founder of GQG Partners, AI is predicted to disrupt business paradigms in various industries. "In Nvidia's context, it [AI] will produce winners and losers... more losers than winners."

Rising tensions with China

Interestingly, much of this upward trend occurred just after Nvidia's CEO, Jensen Huang, raised worries about the possible detrimental impact of escalating US-China relations. The dispute over semiconductors has mainly resulted in the United States prohibiting Nvidia from exporting to China.

The US aims to stifle China's AI research, mainly because of potential military applications. Huang cautioned that the US stance might accidentally allow Chinese enterprises to become more self-sufficient in developing strong processors. China retaliated against the US semiconductor manufacturer Micron.

China is a massive market for Nvidia. It is a tech-savvy country with a population comparable to India but with better living levels. It is a significant consumer of Nvidia graphic cards for video gaming use.

Buffet is planning to stay away from Nvidia.

Huang further said the limits might jeopardize the Chip Act, a $52 billion effort. This finance package aims to increase US semiconductor output, which is currently restricted to whom it may sell to. This makes competing with global companies who are neither American nor Chinese but are willing to sell to China more challenging.

Despite Nvidia's leadership in AI and computational graphics power, the chipmaker still needs to impress Warren Buffet. You would suppose this is due to Buffet's dislike of technology firms - he professes to only invest in what he knows. However, this is not the case, as Apple has long been Berkshire Hathaway's most significant asset.

He's also not terrified of artificial intelligence. Despite the worries mentioned in his most recent annual shareholder letter, he continues to invest in other AI companies such as Amazon, MasterCard, and many more.

Who's to say that massive computer capacity will remain relevant due to a shift in technical structure when training AI models? While a specialist in AI with specialized knowledge may think this is implausible, someone like Buffet cannot be sure.

Furthermore, unlike Nvidia, several other AI pioneers, such as Amazon, have completely expanded into other sectors, such as e-commerce.

Nvidia's recent foray into the trillion-dollar market valuation demonstrates the company's importance in AI and graphics computing. However, their path to this point has been challenging, the most significant of which are escalating tensions with China and a steep price.