It\u2019s joining Nvidia (NVDA<\/a>), TSMC (TSM<\/a>), and Broadcom (AVGO<\/a>) in a newer class of giants that make the chips, memory, and infrastructure behind the boom.<\/p>\n The $1 trillion club was once mostly a monument to US platform power.<\/p>\n Apple (AAPL<\/a>) became the first US public company to hit the mark in August 2018, followed quickly by Amazon (AMZN<\/a>) and then Microsoft (MSFT<\/a>), Alphabet (GOOGL<\/a>), Meta (META<\/a>), and Tesla (TSLA<\/a>).<\/p>\n That first modern wave was built around smartphones, cloud, search, social media, e-commerce, and electric vehicle momentum.<\/p>\n The newer wave is more physical.<\/p>\n Nvidia crossed $1 trillion in May 2023 as the artificial intelligence compute trade exploded. TSMC followed in 2024 as investors rewarded the world\u2019s most important advanced-chip manufacturer. Broadcom joined later that year, lifted by demand for custom AI chips and networking.<\/p>\n Now Samsung adds another piece of the stack: memory, including high-bandwidth memory used in AI systems.<\/p>\n The AI boom isn\u2019t just lifting the companies building consumer-facing tools or software. It is also pulling the suppliers of the scarce computing parts into the market\u2019s top tier.<\/p>\n The club is not all chips, though.<\/p>\n Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B<\/a>) crossed $1 trillion in 2024 as the first US non-tech company to do so. Walmart (WMT<\/a>) became the first retailer to join in 2026.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Eli Lilly (LLY<\/a>) briefly made it on GLP-1 demand, while Saudi Aramco (2222.SR)<\/a> and PetroChina (0857.HK)<\/a> show that commodity giants have had their own trillion-dollar moments.<\/p>\n But the newest cluster is coming from AI infrastructure.<\/p>\n At the very top of the market, AI is rewarding the bottlenecks.<\/p>\n Jared Blikre is the global markets and data editor for Yahoo Finance. Follow him on X at @SPYJared or email him at jaredblikre@yahooinc.com.<\/p>\n![\"Companies](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/trillion-club_0491.png\")
Companies that crossed $1 trillion in market value. (Chart made with ChatGPT) \u00b7 ChatGPT <\/p>\n