Nvidia made history on Wednesday as the first company to reach a market value of $5 trillion, driven by a stunning rally that has solidified its position at the center of the global artificial intelligence boom.
The milestone underscores the company's swift transformation from a niche graphics-chip designer into the backbone of the global AI industry, turning CEO Jensen Huang into a Silicon Valley icon and making its advanced chips a flashpoint in the tech rivalry between the U.S. and China.
