Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been the foundation of the artificial intelligence (AI) boom. Its graphics processing units power virtually all of the most advanced AI systems, and the company has a strong presence in adjacent markets like AI networking equipment and software development tools.

The stock isn't cheap, but it isn't far from where its peers are priced. Nvidia has risen to the top of AI investments because it has become the building block on which AI models are built and trained.

Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) remains the hottest AI stock in the market, and remains the second-largest company by market capitalization in the world. That says a lot about this company, given its revenue relative to current market leader Apple (NADSAQ:AAPL),