NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang spoke to USA TODAY about tariffs, trade and his trip to China after a meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House.

Shares of Nvidia ended up 0.75 percent at $164.10, giving it a market value of $4.004 trillion as it benefits from an ongoing surge in demand for artificial-intelligence technologies. Nvidia’s stock market value briefly peaked above $4 trillion on Wednesday before closing at about $3.97 trillion.

Bitcoin hit a fresh record on Wednesday afternoon as an Nvidia-led rally in equities helped lift the crypto’s price into the stock market close.

Jensen Huang is CEO of Nvidia. As its market cap hit $4 trillion, his wealth grew sharply. He is not world's 10th richest person.

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite rose modestly to post record closing highs on Thursday, boosted by an upbeat forecast from Delta Air Lines and a record close for Nvidia while investors shrugged off President Donald Trump's latest tariffs.

The S&P 500 ended Tuesday marginally lower after President Donald Trump said that there would be no extensions on his new Aug. 1 tariff deadline.

Nvidia has become the first publicly traded company to reach a $4 trillion market valuation, underscoring its position at the center of the

Nvidia's market cap briefly reached $3.92 trillion during intraday trading on Thursday, setting it on track to become the world's most valuable company in history.

Analysts see paths to more milestones for Nvidia after the stock closed at a $4 trillion market capitalization for the first time Thursday.