As the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution enters its third year, certain Wall Street analysts expect Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) to make history by becoming the first $4 trillion companies.

Tesla, IBM and Meta Platforms helped lead most U.S. stocks higher on Thursday following a rush of profit reports from some of the country’s most influential companies. The S&P 500 rose 0.5%, as four out of every five stocks in the index climbed.

With Tesla set to release its latest quarterly earnings report, Wall Street thinks the stock can keep rising on a "golden age" for automation and AI.

Global investors are worried the emergence of a low-cost Chinese AI model will threaten the dominance of AI leaders.

Nvidia and other U.S. AI stocks rebounded Tuesday after Monday’s DeepSeek-driven sell-off. Nvidia shares rose 9% but were still below Friday’s close. Analysts at Bernstein, Citi, Wedbush, and others suggested Monday’s sell-off was overblown,

NVIDIA Corporation NVDA has once again proven its resilience, rebounding 8.9% on Tuesday after a brutal 17% plunge on Monday. The sell-off was triggered by concerns that Chinese AI startup DeepSeek’s latest artificial intelligence (AI) model could reduce demand for NVIDIA’s high-powered graphics processing units (GPUs).