Nvidia stock rose modestly early Friday as investors digested a raft of mixed news over the past few days. Shares were up 0.1% to $147.34 in premarket trading. It closed almost flat Thursday after starting the day in the red as a fresh outlook from supplier SK Hynix cast doubt over future demand for its products.

Nvidia (NVDA) is leading the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution. The company’s graphics processing units (GPUs) are deemed essential to develop and deploy generative AI applications and large language models (LLMs).

On Tuesday afternoon, President Donald Trump held a press conference to announce Stargate, a $500 billion artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure project in the United States. He called it the "largest AI infrastructure project, by far, in history."

President Trump announced a major AI infrastructure investment of “at least $500 billion,” signaling a willingness to work alongside large tech companies.

Nvidia stock jumped Wednesday, extending gains from the prior day following Trump’s announcement of a massive, $500 billion AI infrastructure project called Stargate. The project will be funded by Oracle,

Chipmaker Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) is at the forefront of all things AI these days. Its chips are used to help power the AI revolution. Many quantum computing stocks exploded in value last year as investors hoped to get ahead of the crowd in what could be a transformational wave of new technology.

Nvidia stock rose early Wednesday after President Donald Trump sent another signal to markets that artificial intelligence would be a priority under his new administration. The absence of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at the inauguration Monday stuck out as Big Tech CEOs thronged to the event.