The AI hype has made NVIDIA the world’s most valuable company, ahead of Microsoft and Apple — It’s the most profitable chip brand, too
NVIDIA is now the world’s most valuable company due to the high demand for AI chips.
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What you need to know
Every major tech corporation dabbling with AI is seemingly fighting for the world’s most valuable company crown. Microsoft and Apple have been contending for the position over the past few months, with the former having the upper hand most times.
Market analysts attribute Microsoft’s success in the AI landscape to its earlymulti-billion dollar investment in OpenAIand adoption across its products and services.Apple recently surpassed Microsoftand becamethe world’s most valuable companyafter announcing itsAI strategywith Apple Intelligence as its headliner.
Interestingly,NVIDIAis now the world’s most valuable company, ahead of Microsoft and Apple. On Tuesday, the chipmaker’s market share price rose to an all-time high, pushing its market valuation to $3.335 trillion.
NVIDIA’s rise to the top doesn’t come as a surprise. In early June, the company becamethe second-most valuable companyin the world ahead of Apple, and was just a few hundred million dollars behind Microsoft.
NVIDIA could maintain its position with the high demand for AI chips
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Major companies like Microsoft, OpenAI, and even Meta are heavily dependent on NVIDIA for GPUs to foster their AI advances. At some point, the chipmaker was unable to supply the high demand for AI chips.
Recent developments indicated Microsoft and OpenAIinvested over $100 billion in a project dubbed Stargate. If everything goes according to plan, both companies could potentially free themselves from an overreliance on NVIDIA for AI chips.
NVIDIA is undoubtedly on a wining streak with AI. Last year, NVIDIA was namedthe most profitable semiconductor chip brand in the world,with Microsoft and Meta as its A-list clients. Its revenue for Q3 2023 stood at $18.12 billion, with $10.42 billion in profits. Figuratively, this translated to a 206% year-over-year increase due to the high demand for AI chips.
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