{"id":267987,"date":"2026-02-04T23:21:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T23:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/267987\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T23:21:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T23:21:15","slug":"why-did-nvidia-stock-plunge-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/267987\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Did Nvidia Stock Plunge Today?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been the artificial intelligence (AI) leader in hardware. Its software and AI architecture platforms have also kept it ahead of its peers. A potential disruptor has now raised concerns about the investment thesis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">That caused Nvidia stock to plunge as much as 5% today, and it remained lower by 2.8% as of 2:41 p.m. ET. But CEO Jensen Huang says investors should reconsider dumping AI-related stocks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now, when you join Stock Advisor.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/api.fool.com\/infotron\/infotrack\/click?apikey=35527423-a535-4519-a07f-20014582e03e&amp;impression=af901658-bea9-4b75-9e87-ac5e26102e33&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fool.com%2Fmms%2Fmark%2Fe-sa-bbn-bn%3Faid%3D8867%26source%3Disaeditxt0001095%26ftm_cam%3Dsa-bbn-evergreen%26ftm_veh%3Dtop_incontent_pitch_feed_yahoo%26ftm_pit%3D17546&amp;utm_source=yahoo-host-full&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;referring_guid=1696d3a6-cdbc-4e97-9c5c-e50c07d45ce7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:See the stocks \u00bb;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">See the stocks \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/77e3e15af922994c59b7c0fad0b1bce7.jpeg\" alt=\"Computer chip with &quot;AI&quot; highlighted in several colors. \" loading=\"eager\" height=\"540\" width=\"960\" class=\"yf-lglytj  loaded\"\/> Image source: Getty Images.         <\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">A downturn in tech stocks was sparked when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/investing\/how-to-invest\/stocks\/how-to-invest-in-anthropic-stock\/?utm_source=yahoo-host-full&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;referring_guid=1696d3a6-cdbc-4e97-9c5c-e50c07d45ce7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:privately held AI company Anthropic;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">privately held AI company Anthropic<\/a> introduced a new tool for its Claude large language model (LLM). The plugin tool is intended to handle tasks in data analysis applications and in legal, sales, and marketing use cases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">Shares in software stocks plunged as investors feared much of that industry could be replaced by AI tools that companies didn&#8217;t need to pay extra for. The tumble began taking down tech giants like Nvidia today as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/investing\/how-to-invest\/famous-investors\/jensen-huang\/?utm_source=yahoo-host-full&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;referring_guid=1696d3a6-cdbc-4e97-9c5c-e50c07d45ce7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang<\/a> responded, though, by dismissing much of that thinking. Huang spoke at an AI conference in San Francisco and said it was &#8220;illogical&#8221; to think that AI will replace software tools.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">Huang said the latest breakthroughs in AI are all about utilizing tools. 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