Nvidia stock rose early Wednesday after President Donald Trump sent another signal to markets that artificial intelligence would be a priority under his new administration. The absence of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at the inauguration Monday stuck out as Big Tech CEOs thronged to the event.

President Donald Trump held a press conference to announce Stargate, a $500 billion artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure project in the United States. He called it the "largest AI infrastructure project,

Nvidia stock jumped Wednesday, extending gains from the prior day following Trump’s announcement of a massive, $500 billion AI infrastructure project called Stargate. The project will be funded by Oracle,

AI initiative Stargate, backed by Oracle, OpenAI, and SoftBank, will focus on infrastructure, starting with data centers in Texas.