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Nvidia’s revenue blows past Wall Street expectations as AI boom accelerates

The Guardian · · 598 words · By Sanya Mansoor
Corporate Financial Performance US-China Trade Relations AI Market Dominance
open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/20/nvidia-revenue-ai-boom

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14 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The most valuable company in the world, Nvidia, with a $5.4tn market cap”
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Multiple sources, including Technologymagazine and The Motley Fool, confirm Nvidia is the world's most valuable company with a market cap of $5.4tn.
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web search NEUTRAL — The table below lists all companies that have ever had a market capitalization of $1 trillion or more, the date on which their market cap first exceeded each milestone, and their record value.[3][4]. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_public_corporations_by…
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web search NEUTRAL — Ranking the world's top companies by market cap, market value, revenue and many more metrics.This is the list of the world's biggest companies by market capitalization. It ranks the most valuable publ…
https://companiesmarketcap.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — 12 companies top $1 trillion in market cap. See the largest companies by market cap, updated monthly.Key Points. Nvidia is the world's most valuable company, driven by demand for its AI-focused GPUs.
https://www.fool.com/research/largest-companies-by-market-ca…
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“US tech giants are collectively planning to spend some $750bn this year on AI infrastructure”
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Two independent web search results confirm that tech giants plan to spend approximately $750 billion on AI infrastructure this year.
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web search NEUTRAL — Four companies are doing most of the heavy lifting: Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft spent $416B in 2025 and will pass $2T cumulative by the end of 2026. That's not a tech budget. That's a national…
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/anatomy-23-gigawatt-750-billi…
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web search NEUTRAL — This year alone, five tech giants plan to invest a total of about $750 billion in AI infrastructure. And they aren't the only ones building data centers now.
https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/05/14/alphabet-vs-micron…
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web search NEUTRAL — MarketWise: AI spending by tech giants surges from 271 billion to 482 billion in under a year. 5 hours ago.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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“On Wednesday, the chip maker reported 92% year-over-year growth of this vertical to a record $75.2bn.”
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While two sources confirm the record $75.2 billion for the datacenter vertical, they report different growth rates (one says 85% YoY, another does not specify 92%). Crucially, The Guardian reports a different figure of $62.3bn and 75% growth, creating a direct contradiction in the numbers.
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web search NEUTRAL — Key TakeawaysNVIDIA reported quarterly revenue of $81.6 billion, up 85% year-over-year.Data center revenue climbed to a record $75.2 billion.
https://www.bittime.com/en/blog/nvidia-pendapatan-q1-2026-ai…
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web search NEUTRAL — Nvidia earnings takeaways: Data center revenue nearly doubles, report is strong but stock slides.Nvidia’s Profit Hits $58.3 Billion as A.I. Boom Gathers More Steam. 10 hours ago.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — On Wednesday, Nvidia reported 75% year-over-year growth of this vertical to $62.3bn.Nvidia’s growth, meanwhile, has acted as a reassurance to the market, with a stock rally on Wednesday ahead of the c…
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/25/nvidia-qu…
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“The company is facing some competition in producing chips from other tech giants, though, such as Amazon and Google.”
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Multiple sources confirm that Amazon and Google are producing their own AI chips to compete with Nvidia.
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web search NEUTRAL — Companies like Amazon and Google are walking a tightrope as they compete with Nvidia: While building their own chips and providing them to customers, Nvidia remains their main supplier. Like most A.I.…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/technology/amazon-google-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Amazon rolls out Trainium3 AI chip and Nova 2 models to rival Nvidia and Google, offering efficient, cost-effective AI solutions for businesses.
https://www.biznews.com/tech/alphabet-amazon-chip-compete-nv…
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web search NEUTRAL — But Google’s chips are not a full frontal assault on Nvidia’s future, at least not yet. Like the other giant cloud providers, including Microsoft and Amazon, Google is using these chips to supplement …
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/22/google-cloud-next-new-tpu-…
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“Nvidia blew past analysts’ expectations of $78.86bn in revenue for the first quarter of 2026, securing $81.62bn for the quarter.”
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Three independent sources confirm the revenue of $81.62 billion for the first quarter of 2026 (fiscal) and the analyst expectation of $78.86 billion.
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web search NEUTRAL — The company reported first-quarter revenue of $81.62 billion, beating analysts’ average estimate of $78.86 billion.Macquarie: "Nvidia sees $20bn CPU orders in 2026, with Agentic AI driving $200bn CPU …
https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/nvidia-fq1-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Report Nvidia's fiscal first-quarter revenue surged 85% year-over-year to $81.62 billion, with net income rising to $42.96 billion, surpassing analyst expectations.
https://evrimagaci.org/gpt/nvidia-surges-past-expectations-w…
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web search NEUTRAL — NVIDIA reported revenue of $81.62 billion for the first quarter of fiscal 2027, covering the February to April 2026 period. The figure represents an 85% increase compared to the same quarter last year…
https://www.bittime.com/en/blog/nvidia-pendapatan-q1-2026-ai…
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“The chip maker also exceeded Wall Street expectations of $1.76 per share and reported earnings of $1.87 per share.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general company descriptions from Wikipedia and Nvidia's official site; none of the sources mention the specific earnings per share ($1.87) or Wall Street expectations ($1.76).
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web search NEUTRAL — Nvidia ... Nvidia Corporation[a] (/ ɛnˈvɪdiə / en-VID-ee-ə) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia
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web search NEUTRAL — Artificial Intelligence Computing Leadership from NVIDIA: inventor of the GPU, which creates interactive graphics on laptops, workstations, mobile devices, notebooks, PCs, and more.
http://www.nvidia.com/page/home.html
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web search NEUTRAL — NVIDIA GeForce RTX™ powers the world’s fastest GPUs and the ultimate platform for gamers and creators. Enjoy beautiful ray tracing, AI-powered DLSS, and much more in games and applications, on your de…
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/
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“Huang joined Elon Musk and Donald Trump on Air Force One for a trip to China last week.”
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Three independent reports confirm that Jensen Huang and Elon Musk traveled to China on Air Force One with Donald Trump.
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web search NEUTRAL — President Donald Trump headed to China with a delegation of at least a dozen business leaders.Elon Musk said that he and Jensen Huang traveled on Air Force One with the president.The CEOs of Apple, Bo…
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-jensen-huang-air-f…
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web search NEUTRAL — Musk traveled to China on Air Force One with Trump.The H200 is not Nvidia’s most advanced product. Those chips, called Blackwell and the upcoming Rubin, were not part of the approved chips for export.…
https://apnews.com/article/trump-china-musk-apple-iran-boein…
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web search NEUTRAL — Tesla CEO Elon Musk is traveling to China with President Donald Trump on Air Force One, a White House official said Tuesday, as the US leader heads to Beijing for a summit with Chinese President Xi Ji…
https://www.anews.com.tr/world/2026/05/13/trump-flies-to-chi…
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“In December, the Trump administration allowed Nvidia to export H200 AI chips to China, with the US collecting a 25% fee on these sales.”
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The provided evidence for this claim contains general biographical or official information about Donald Trump, but does not mention the export of H200 chips or a 25% fee.
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web search NEUTRAL — President Donald J. Trump and Vice President JD Vance are committed to lowering costs for all Americans, securing our borders, unleashing American energy dominance, restoring peace through...
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web search NEUTRAL — Born into a wealthy New York City family, Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics. He became the president of his family's real estate busines…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump
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web search NEUTRAL — Stay informed and read the latest breaking news and updates on Donald Trump from AP News, the definitive source for independent journalism.
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“Nvidia said in its outlook on Wednesday that it was not currently expecting datacenter compute revenue from China.”
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“Nvidia’s CFO, Colette Kress, reiterated on Wednesday’s earnings call that Nvidia has not generated any revenue from sales of these chips to China”
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“Trump has approved sales of Nvidia’s chips in China but said that Xi Jinping had blocked them.”
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“On Wednesday, Singapore announced that Nvidia will be launching a research hub in the country”
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“Nvidia announced a new AI system earlier this year, which is expected to roll out in the second half of 2026.”
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“The chip maker has claimed that the Vera Rubin platform will be a “generational leap””
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