Silicon Valley chipmaker Nvidia on Wednesday became the first publicly traded company to surpass a $4 trillion market valuation, putting the latest exclamation point on the investor frenzy surrounding an artificial intelligence boom powered by its industry-leading processors.

Nvidia briefly reached a market capitalization of $4 trillion on Wednesday, making it the first company in the world to reach the milestone and solidifying its position as one of Wall Street's most-favored stocks.

On Wednesday, Nvidia became the first company in history to reach $4 trillion market valuation as shares rose more than 2 percent, reports CNBC. The GPU maker's stock has climbed 22 percent since the start of 2025, continuing a trend driven by demand for AI hardware following ChatGPT's late 2022 launch.

It's clear that all three of these stocks make interesting AI buys, but to decide where to put our money right now, it's a good idea to take a look at valuation. Here, Nvidia trades at a very reasonable level but still is the priciest of the bunch.

Nvidia-backed Perplexity AI said on Wednesday it has launched Comet, a new web browser with AI-powered search capabilities, as the startup looks to challenge the dominance of market leader Alphabet's Google Chrome.

Nvidia's historic $4 trillion milestone reveals three business revolutions: AI employees, smart robots, intelligence infrastructure. Why every company should care.

NVIDIA held its "GeForce RTX Future of AI" event in Delhi, introducing new RTX 50 series GPUs and talking about its new advancements in AI.

Nvidia made history Wednesday, reaching a milestone market capitalization. These three charts show its path to $4 trillion since the debut of ChatGPT.

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