We recently published a list of Wall Street’s Top 10 AI Stocks to Watch Right Now. In this article, we are going to take a look at where NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) stands against other Wall Street’s top AI stocks to watch right now.

According to a spokesperson for China’s parliament, DeepSeek’s progress is a reflection of the rise of Chinese companies in artificial intelligence (AI). Lou Qinjian, responding to a question on China’s progress in AI, has deemed DeepSeek’s achievement as “commendable”, Reuters reported.

“DeepSeek adheres to an open-source approach and promotes the widespread application of AI technology globally which contributes Chinese wisdom to the world. Through the rise of companies like DeepSeek, we can see the innovation and inclusiveness of China’s technological development.”

– Lou Qinjian.

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Indeed, DeepSeek has sparked a state of unrest in the tech world ever since its arrival. Using distillation to achieve cheaper and more efficient AI models, this AI startup has ignited a fierce race in the artificial intelligence world ever since the birth of ChatGPT.

Such has been the intensity of competition that in recent news, it has come to light how Tencent Holdings has displaced DeepSeek as the most downloaded free app in China’s iOS App Store. Tencent’s Yuanbao has taken the top spot in the free app list on Monday, with DeepSeek in second place and ByteDance’s Doubao in fourth, the South China Morning Post noted.

Launched in May last year, Yuanbao gained popularity after Tencent’s move to integrate DeepSeek’s R1 reasoning model in February, providing users with an alternative to the tech giants’ Hunyuan model.

Developments like these illustrate how intense the global race in artificial intelligence is becoming. In this regard, China’s ambassador to the United States Xie Feng has even called for closer cooperation on artificial intelligence. According to him, the technology risks are “opening a Pandora’s box”.

“As the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation is unfolding, what we need is not a technological blockade, [but] ‘deep seeking’ for human progress.”

-Xie said, making a pun on China’s star AI start-up DeepSeek.

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NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA)

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NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) specializes in AI-driven solutions, offering platforms for data centers, self-driving cars, robotics, and cloud services. On March 3^rd, Reuters reported that the servers used in a fraud case which was reported last week, supplied by US firms, may have contained Nvidia’s advanced chips. Last week, three men, including a Chinese national, were charged with fraud in Singapore, linking the case to the transfer of Nvidia’s AI chips from Singapore to Chinese AI firm DeepSeek.

“We assessed that the servers may contain Nvidia chips…”Whether Malaysia was the final destination … we do not know for certain at this point.”

-Singapore’s Home Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam told reporters on Monday.

Overall, NVDA ranks 3rd on our list of Wall Street’s top AI stocks to watch right now. While we acknowledge the potential of NVDA as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than NVDA but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.

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