Shares of Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) gained ground on Wednesday, climbing as much as 5%. As of 12:42 p.m. ET, the stock was still up 4.4%. The catalyst that sent the artificial intelligence (AI) chipmaker higher was news that strong demand for its processors will likely continue.

Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) stock received quite a shock last week when the Chinese tech company DeepSeek announced that it had successfully developed

Nvidia Corp.’s stock fell Monday as investors weighed the potential for tariffs to impact chip companies and continued to assess the fallout from DeepSeek. Shares of Nvidia slid 2.8% to rank among the worst performers in the PHLX Semiconductor Index The stock pared losses after President Donald Trump said he had agreed to pause the Mexico tariffs for a month.

Since the start of 2023, Nvidia 's (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock has gained an astronomical 906% as of the time of writing. It's also right around its all-time high right now, but these two facts may scare some investors off. The common thought is, "Nvidia has risen so much already; how can it increase more?"

Doug and Lee talk about the likelihood of Nvidia having a dot-com-like valuation reset as more effective AI models challenge its supremacy, so perhaps changing AI infrastructure spending across the tech industry.