Retail investors bought a record amount of Nvidia stock on Monday after concerns over a low-cost artificial intelligence model from Chinese startup DeepSeek stripped 17% off its shares, or $593 billion from its market value.

Nvidia's stock price crashed to $118.58 yesterday, wiping $593 billion off its value and marking the company's worst day on the market since the start of

One of the biggest beneficiaries of this trend is Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), which pioneered the graphics processing units (GPUs) that have become the gold standard for running AI systems. However, reports emerged recently that suggested a Chinese start-up had cracked the code for developing strong AI systems while using inferior chips and novel training processes.