
With a market capitalization of $4.3 trillion, semiconductor giant NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) is the most valuable publicly traded company in the world. NVIDIA is also viewed by many as the world’s most important company. Investors watch the firm’s earnings like hawks, looking to gauge the health of the artificial intelligence (AI) trade and, by extension, the overall market.
NVIDIA’s importance has extended so far that many also thoroughly watch the investments the company itself makes. Attracting funding from NVIDIA is often viewed as an indication that a company has a key advantage that can allow it to succeed.