Nvidia stock rose early Friday as investors digested a raft of mixed news over the past few days. Shares were up 0.2% to $147.54 in early trading. It closed almost flat Thursday after starting the day in the red as a fresh outlook from supplier SK Hynix cast doubt over future demand for its products.

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.

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The $500 billion Stargate Initiative — led by Trump, OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle — is set to revolutionize U.S. AI infrastructure.

Huang skips inauguration for Lunar New Year as Nvidia grapples with new U.S. AI export restrictions under Biden.

Former President Trump has announced an unprecedented $500 billion AI infrastructure initiative called "The Stargate Project," partnering with tech giants.

The S&P 500 ( ^GSPC) jumped over 0.5% to secure its first all-time closing high of 2025. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ( ^DJI) popped around 0.9%, while the Nasdaq Composite ( ^IXIC) recovered from earlier session losses to finish the day up about 0.2%.

On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump issued a pardon to Ross Ulbricht, who ran the dark web marketplace Silk Road under the pseudonym “Dread Pirate Roberts.” Ulbricht has been serving a life sentence without parole since 2015, when he was convicted of multiple charges, including the distribution of narcotics.

In other words, Wall Street just might be one of the few institutions in America capable of constraining Trump, who has bent the Republican Party to his will, pushed the Democratic Party aside and exerted influence on the bureaucracy, the judiciary, corporations, the news media and other power bases.

President Trump announced The Stargate Project, a massive AI infrastructure initiative that could cement the U.S. as the global leader in this technology. Explore its goals and implications.