A recent stumble, however, came after the Chinese startup DeepSeek unveiled a lower-cost AI model that was seen as a threat to the dominance of U.S. rivals, driving Nvidia down roughly 17% on January 27, equivalent to $593 billion — a record one-day market value loss.

Those issues have raised questions over Nvidia’s near-term financials. And those questions have arrived as investors reckon with the prospect of slower growth from the company and other Big Tech players that have gone all in on AI — generally by spending billions and loading up on Nvidia’s chips.