Shares of chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA) plummeted 17% on Monday and lost nearly $600 billion in market value. The decline was triggered by the

Tuesday’s session followed a start to the week that marked Nvidia’s worst day in years, as a roughly 17% drop led to a loss of nearly $600 billion in market value.

Retail investors bought a record amount of Nvidia stock on Monday after concerns over a low-cost artificial intelligence model from Chinese startup DeepSeek stripped 17% off its shares, or $593 billion from its market value.

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.