Retail investors bought a net $562 million of Nvidia stock on Monday, the largest single-day inflow in at least 10 years, VandaTrack said.

Global investors are worried the emergence of a low-cost Chinese AI model will threaten the dominance of AI leaders.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) shares surged 8.8% Tuesday, recovering from a sharp sell-off linked to DeepSeeks claims, which wiped $589 billion off the AI chip giants market value. The rebound came as Wall Street analysts

Technology stocks were rocked to their core Monday after claims made by a Chinese start-up threatened to upend the existing artificial intelligence (AI) paradigm.

In a matter of days, DeepSeek proved to be so popular as to climb to the top of Apple's App Store, surpassing OpenAI's ChatGPT as the most downloaded app. But for owners of Nvidia stock, and stock traders in general, DeepSeek is on track of becoming a black swan — an unexpected event with extreme consequences.