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Nvidia made billions selling AI's essential ingredient: chips.

Why it matters: Nvidia has become the AI industry's supplier, banker and kingmaker, feeding a self-reinforcing cycle in which chip profits finance the next wave of chip demand.

State of play: Already the world's most valuable company, Nvidia is now worth more than five of the 11 sectors that make up the S&P 500.