DeepSeek just shook up the artificial intelligence (AI) world in the biggest way since OpenAI launched ChatGPT in late 2022. The Chinese company's new R1 large language model (LLM) reportedly matches or beats OpenAI's o1 model on some benchmarks.

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. The post Should you buy Nvidia shares in the wake of the DeepSeek bombshell?

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has soared over the last two years, thanks to its dominance in artificial intelligence (AI) -- a market set to reach $1 trillion by the end of the decade from about $200 billion today.

While companies like DeepSeek may find success in certain market segments, they face an uphill battle against this massive capital advantage. In other words, claims that demand for Nvidia's premium chips will collapse simply don't align with market realities and the trajectory of AI development.

Nvidia stock jumped in Europe on Wednesday, suggesting shares in the company at the heart of the artificial intelligence markets boom may recover further after a steep drop this week triggered by the rise of China's DeepSeek AI tool.