By Khadija Saeed
Publication Date: 2025-12-28 14:46:00
NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 9:29 a.m. ET — Market closed (U.S. equities closed for the weekend)
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) heads into the final trading week of 2025 with investors weighing a fresh burst of AI-deal headlines against familiar questions: how durable is the AI spending cycle, how intense will inference competition become, and what risks come with Nvidia’s expanding web of partnerships and investments.
With the market closed Sunday, NVDA’s next real “price discovery” moment comes when U.S. equity futures reopen Sunday evening and the cash session returns Monday morning.
Where Nvidia stock stands heading into the next session
Nvidia last traded around $190.53, following Friday’s session, with after-hours quotes near $190.08. [1]
Wall Street’s year-end backdrop matters here: thin holiday liquidity can amplify moves, especially in mega-cap momentum names like Nvidia.
The headline driver: Nvidia’s Groq licensing-and-talent deal
The biggest catalyst in the last 48 hours remains market digestion of Nvidia’s unusual arrangement with AI-chip startup Groq—not a standard acquisition, but a non-exclusive licensing agreement paired with key executive and engineering hires.
Reuters reported that Nvidia agreed to license Groq’s inference technology, and that Groq founder Jonathan Ross and Groq President Sunny Madra are among those joining Nvidia, while Groq continues operating independently under new CEO Simon Edwards. [2]
Why this matters for NVDA…