Nvidia set to become the world's most valuable company in history
Shares of the leading designer of high-end AI chips were up 2% at $160.4 in morning trading, giving the company a higher market capitalization than Apple's record closing value of $3.915 trillion on December 26, 2024.
(Reporting by Noel Randewich in Oakland, California; Arsheeya Bajwa in Bengaluru and Carolina Mandl in New York; Editing by Dawn Kopecki and Matthew Lewis)
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