Nvidia briefly touched $4 trillion market cap for first time
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Nvidia topped a $4 trillion market cap for the first time as investors bet on the tech giant that's building the hardware for the generative AI boom.
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July 9, 2025
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Nvidia stock jumped Wednesday and pushed the company past a $4 trillion market cap in intraday trading for the first time ever
The chipmaker is the first company to achieve the milestone and has benefited from the generative AI boom
The recent rally in Nvidia has come despite geopolitical tensions and chip curbs that have hampered sales to China
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Sarah Meyssonnier | ReutersNvidia stock rose on Wednesday lifting the company's market cap briefly past $4 trillion for the first time as investors scooped up s of the giant that's building the bulk of the hardware for the generative artificial intelligence boom
However, Nvidia stock finishing the day only up 1. 8%, giving the company a market cap of $3. 97 trillion
Nvidia is the world's most valuable company, surpassing Microsoft and Apple, both of which hit the $3 trillion mark before Nvidia
Microsoft is also one of Nvidia's biggest and most important customers
The chipmaker is the first company to ever achieve this market value during trading
The California-based company, which was founded in 1993, first passed the $2 trillion mark in February 2024, and surpassed $3 trillion in June
Nvidia has fited heavily from the growing demand for AI hardware and chips since the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022
The company has positioned itself as the decisive leader in creating the graphics cessing units that power large language models
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Nvidia's s are up more than 15% over the last month and 22% since the start of the year
The recent rally in Nvidia has come despite geopolitical tensions and chip curbs that have hampered sales to China
Nvidia has also recovered from fears sparked by China's DeepSeek model earlier this year that future AI wouldn't need so many chips
In May, Nvidia said that a recent export restriction on its H20 chips created for China would cost it $8 billion in lost sales. "The $50 billion China market is effectively closed to U
Industry," Huang said during a May earnings call
Huang previously told CNBC that getting blocked from selling chips in China would be a "tremendous loss" for the company
Correction: In May, Nvidia said that a recent export restriction on its H20 chips created for China would cost it $8 billion in lost sales
An earlier version misstated the timing
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