The biggest headline was the commentary provided by Jensen Huang during the call with analysts with respect to the release of DeepSeek late last month. While many investors hit the panic button, the chief executive explained that developments of this nature would increase demand for Nvidia's processors, not reduce it.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said next-generation AI will need 100 times more compute than older models as a result of new reasoning approaches that think “about how best to answer” questions step by step.

CEO Jensen Huang took to the company’s fourth quarter earnings call on Wednesday, looking to reaffirm the chip giant’s place in the AI trade — and calm Wall Street jitters around the technology’s future growth.