The world's second most valuable company has been the top beneficiary of an AI-driven spending spree by big technology companies over the past two years.

A recent stumble, however, came after the Chinese startup DeepSeek unveiled a lower-cost AI model that was seen as a threat to the dominance of U.S. rivals, driving Nvidia down roughly 17% on January 27, equivalent to $593 billion — a record one-day market value loss.

DeepSeek majorly impacted Nvidia last month: its market cap dropped by $600B in one day. The chip giant will respond on this week's investors' call."

Nvidia (NVDA) is expected to release its fiscal fourth quarter earnings results at the end of the trading day on Wednesday.

Those issues have raised questions over Nvidia’s near-term financials. And those questions have arrived as investors reckon with the prospect of slower growth from the company and other Big Tech players that have gone all in on AI — generally by spending billions and loading up on Nvidia’s chips.

The semiconductor market is positioned to have another "transformative year" in 2025, believes exchange-traded fund provider VanEck. Industry leaders such as Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA), Broadcom (AVGO), TSMC (TSM),