On the 9th (local time), the market capitalization of the American artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor company Nvidia surpassed $4 trillion (about 5,500 trillion won) during trading. This is the first time for a publicly listed corporation in the world.
On that day, Nvidia started trading at $161.22, up 0.8% ($1.22) from the previous day. As the stock price increased by as much as 2% during trading, the market capitalization exceeded $4 trillion. Currently, the only American corporations with a market capitalization exceeding $3 trillion, besides Nvidia, are Microsoft and Apple.
Founded in 1993, Nvidia was listed on the U.S. Nasdaq stock market in 1999. In recent years, spurred by the AI boom ignited by ChatGPT, its stock price has steadily risen. It surpassed a market capitalization of $3 trillion last June, and now within a year, it has reached $4 trillion.
In April this year, the stock price fell below $100. This was influenced by the rapid rise of the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek and the announcement by the Donald Trump administration of export regulations on AI chips to China. However, expectations for increased revenue for Nvidia grew as American IT corporations announced plans to build data centers and Middle Eastern countries revealed intentions to expand investments in AI infrastructure.