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\n Nvidia just became the world\u2019s first $5 trillion company.\n <\/p>\n
\n Unprecedented demand for the company\u2019s AI chips has propelled the company\u2019s market valuation into the stratosphere. The milestone, which Nvidia reached at Wednesday\u2019s open, comes just three months<\/a> after the company crossed the $4 trillion mark. It took Nvidia about 13 months to go from $3 trillion to $4 trillion in valuation.\n <\/p>\n \n The company\u2019s shares (NVDA<\/a>) rose 3% after the market opened on Wednesday. Nvidia stock has gained about 50% in 2025 and has been near or at the top of the S&P 500\u2019s best-performing stocks for years as investment in artificial intelligence continues to fuel the chipmaker\u2019s meteoric rise.\n <\/p>\n \n Boosting Nvidia\u2019s stock Wednesday: hopes for discussions between US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping that open up China\u2019s market to Nvidia\u2019s high-end AI chips. On Tuesday, Nvidia\u2019s stock rose after CEO Jensen Huang presented a vision<\/a> of Nvidia\u2019s future in which the company\u2019s chips would be placed in everything from cell phone towers to robotic factories to self-driving cars. Huang, in his first-ever keynote address at the company\u2019s GTC AI conference in Washington on Tuesday was effusive in his praise for Trump.\n <\/p>\n \n Nvidia\u2019s AI chips are essential to powering the data centers that run the technology. The company is central to the AI boom not just because of those chips that are making it tons of money, but also because of the investments it\u2019s pouring into other major players.\n <\/p>\n \n On Tuesday, another tech giant \u2014 Apple \u2014 breached the $4 trillion benchmark<\/a>. It\u2019s a sign that that the iPhone is still enough to excite consumers and Wall Street, even as the company has fallen behind in the AI race.\n <\/p>\n