The California-based tech giant, Nvidia, has made a global first. In just four months, Nvidia managed to increase its market value from 4 trillion to 5 trillion dollars, setting a new record. Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, one of the world's largest tech companies, announced that they received an order for artificial intelligence chips worth 500 billion dollars and they will be building seven supercomputers for the United States.
American tech giant Nvidia has become the first company to reach a market value of 5 trillion dollars. This historic record was achieved in just four months. The company managed to catapult its market value to this record figure in a mere span of four months. Since the beginning of 2025, its shares have gained 50 percent in value. Nvidia single-handedly accounted for nearly one-fifth of the S&P 500 Index's 17 percent rise.
Nvidia has surpassed Microsoft and Apple to take the top spot. The market value of Microsoft and Apple is approximately 4 trillion dollars each.
Nvidia is a technology company based in California. Founded in 1993, Nvidia is best known for its production of graphics processing units (GPUs). With the recent surge of artificial intelligence taking the world by storm, Nvidia has transitioned into the field of AI, operating in areas such as data centers, automotive technologies, and high-performance sectors. As one of the companies at the heart of the AI revolution, Nvidia's market value surpassed one trillion dollars in the 2023-2025 period, earning it a spot among the world's most valuable tech companies.
Nvidia is traded on the stock market under the ticker NASDAQ: NVDA.
Who founded Nvidia?
Nvidia was founded by Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, and Curtis Priem.