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Tom Yeung here with today’s Smart Money.

When OpenAI launched ChatGPT in late 2022, shares of Nvidia Corp. (NVDA) did virtually nothing for several months. Like an old, lazy dog, the stock sat at a split-adjusted $17 even as millions of users downloaded the AI chatbot.

But then, NVDA began to rise.

$20… $50… $150…