Nvidia mania has returned to markets. Shares of the $3.2 trillion market cap chipmaker reversed losses and were up nearly 3% in early trading on Thursday as investors digested a host of Nvidia earnings headlines. In its earnings release on Wednesday evening, Nvidia said it expects gross profit margins of 70.6% to 71% in the first quarter as it contends with the production ramp-up of its new Blackwell chip. That initially drove concern in the markets about peak AI demand, and perhaps peak Nvidia hype. Nvidia execs sought to push back on the bears on its earnings call. "We're going to have to continue to scale as demand is quite high, and customers are anxious and impatient to get their Blackwell systems," Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang said. Huang teased several new powerful chips set to be unveiled at the company's March 17 GTC conference. In a special Nvidia themed episode of Opening Bid, Yahoo Finance executive editor Brian Sozzi sits with EMJ Capital founder Eric Jackson and a16z general Partner Anjney Midha to dive into multiple areas of Nvidia. Jackson shares his views on Nvidia as a trade, while Midha unveiled a powerful force likely to drive Nvidia’s business for the next decade.
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00:00-Nvidia special on Opening Bid
00:15-Dan Howley on key takeaways
04:00-Eric Jackson with Nvidia outlook
13:00-Anjney Midha shares state of AI infrastructure
Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid is hosted by Brian Sozzi, and produced by Rachael Lewis-Krisky.
Daniel Howley is the Eddie & Ozzie award-winning tech editor at Yahoo Finance, reporting on a broad range of topics related to the business of Big Tech including the chip wars, artificial intelligence, antitrust matters, and more.
EMJ Capital Founder & President, Eric Jackson, is a tech and media investor with a non-traditional background for a hedge fund manager.
Anjney Midha is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz where he invests in AI, infrastructure, and open source technology.
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