What happened?
U.S. chipmaker Nvidia achieved the biggest one-day increase in value of any company in history, as investors clamored to buy into the growing artificial intelligence industry. Thursday's rally made Nvidia worth nearly $2 trillion, behind only Apple and Microsoft.
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