Chip titan Nvidia posts record $68B in sales in latest quarter despite AI bubble worries

Chip titan Nvidia posts record B in sales in latest quarter despite AI bubble worries

By Marc Vartabedian
Publication Date: 2026-02-25 23:48:00

Nvidia on Wednesday posted $68 billion in sales in its fiscal fourth quarter, a 20% jump that beat analyst expectations and helped quiet the drumbeat about a looming artificial-intelligence bubble.

“Computing demand is growing exponentially,” CEO Jensen Huang said on an earnings call, adding that “the agentic AI inflection point has arrived.”

He added that partnerships with tech leaders including Anthropic, Meta and OpenAI have been tailwinds for his company, which he co-founded in 1993 and has seen a meteoric rise in the AI era. 

Nvidia raked in $43 billion in net income — up 35% from a year ago — in its latest quarter.


Nvidia raked in $43 billion in net income — up 35% from a year ago — in its latest quarter. AFP via Getty Images

Wall Street had predicted $37.5 billion in profit and $66.1 billion in revenue, according to estimates compiled by FactSet.

The company’s data center business — the chips and networking gear powering AI and cloud heavyweights — led the way, accounting for 91.4% of total sales, or $62.3 billion. 

Nvidia’s results appeared to mark the latest signal that there’s plenty of life left in the AI frenzy. 

At nearly $5 trillion in market value, Nvidia is the world’s most valuable publicly traded company and has become the bellwether for tracking the red-hot AI sector. 

Nvidia’s research and development budget of $20 billion has helped it churn out revenue growth, said…