Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) are the two largest companies in the world by market capitalization. While Nvidia is valued at roughly $3.38 trillion as of this writing and stands as the second-biggest business,

Although many of Wall Street's most-influential businesses have leaned on AI as a way to fuel their growth, one of Wall Street's biggest businesses, tech giant Apple ( AAPL 3.65%), has put $725 billion to work elsewhere to boost its bottom line.

Nvidia (NVDA) reclaimed its title as the world’s most valuable public company on Tuesday as Apple’s (AAPL) shares slid.

Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) stock once again had the highest market capitalization in public markets, overtaking Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) on Tuesday as the iPhone maker’s stock price slid, sustaining a recent decline.

Nvidia, led by boss Jensen Huang (pictured), lost almost $600bn in value, after China claimed its new Deepseek AI chatbot was far more efficient than rivals

The iPhone maker’s shares are down by more than 9% so far this year, while Nvidia’s shares are up 2%. Jefferies (JEF) analysts downgraded Apple’s rating to “Underperform” in a note ...

Nvidia’s market valuation surpassed Apple’s on Tuesday, making it the world’s most valuable publicly traded business once more. TakeAway Points: Nvidia’s market valuation overtook Apple’s, making it the world’s most valuable publicly traded business once more.

US markets have been roiled this week by the release of DeepSeek, a low-cost Chinese artificial intelligence chatbot that threatens the dominance of Silicon Valley tech firms — but one company has emerged as the surprise winner.

Nvidia passed Apple in market value on Tuesday, once again becoming the most valuable publicly traded company in the world.

Apple iPhone sales rose in those markets where the company rolled out artificial intelligence features. The news was positive for Apple stock.

The company’s stock is getting a boost from the DeepSeek news, but AI isn’t driving a rush to upgrade iPhones yet.

Using DeepSeek's AI models and integrating them into its hardware aligns well with Apple’s strategy and keeps the company competitive in the AI race without reinventing the wheel or moving away from its core business model.