Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) benefited enormously from the increased investment in chips for artificial intelligence (AI), but news out of China is causing investors to wonder if the stock's high valuation is worth it ahead of potential risks to the massive investment big tech companies have put into data center infrastructure.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is already transforming industries and has the potential to influence everything from automotive transportation to pharmaceutical discovery. Two companies making significant inroads into AI right now are the conversational AI platform company SoundHound AI (NASDAQ: SOUN) and semiconductor company Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA).

Nvidia’s stock is off to a positive start after a wild Monday. Shares of the chipmaking giant were recently up about 2%, easily outpacing the slight rise in the S&P 500. The first hours of Tuesday’s session followed a start to the week that marked Nvidia’s (NVDA) worst day in years,