Nvidia shares declined 0.95% in premarket trading following the announcement, which contributed to SoftBank's doubled fiscal second-quarter profits alongside a $19 billion Vision Fund gain. The chipmaker exit marks SoftBank's second divestment from Nvidia since initially accumulating a $4 billion position in 2017 before selling in January 2019, though the Tokyo-based firm maintains operational ties through AI ventures including the $500 billion Stargate data center project, CNBC reported.

New Street Research analyst Rolf Bulk told CNBC the sale should be interpreted not as skepticism toward Nvidia but rather "in the context of SoftBank needing at least $30.5B of capital for investments in the Oct-Dec quarter, including $22.5B for OpenAI and $6.5B for Ampere" – representing "more in a single quarter than it has invested in aggregate over the two prior years combined."

SoftBank's Vision Fund generated its $19 billion quarterly gain primarily through OpenAI and electronic payment service PayPay investments as the vehicle aggressively expanded across artificial intelligence technologies from semiconductors to language models and robotics. Goto credited the timing of SoftBank's initial OpenAI investment in September of the previous year for the results, noting the startup's $500 billion valuation ranks among the world's highest, CNBC reported.

The Japanese conglomerate experienced recent stock volatility amid broader market concerns about artificial intelligence valuations, prompting Goto to tell shareholders Tuesday: "Our share price recently has been going up and down dynamically… we want to provide as many invest opportunities as possible." The company's announced four-for-one stock split aims to expand shareholder investment access, according to CNBC.

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The chipmaker's shares climbed 3% following market opening Wednesday, with the stock gaining roughly 50% throughout 2025 and consistently ranking among the S&P 500's top performers as AI investment continues fueling dramatic growth, according to CNN. Wednesday's boost stemmed from expectations surrounding potential discussions between US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping that could unlock China's market for premium AI chips, while Tuesday witnessed shares rising after CEO Jensen Huang unveiled his vision describing a future with Nvidia chips inhabiting cellular towers, automated factories, and autonomous vehicles at the company's inaugural GTC conference keynote in Washington, where he praised Trump.

The corporation's AI processors prove indispensable for operating data centers powering the technology, with Nvidia standing central to the AI expansion through both revenue-generating chips and investments channeled into other major industry players, CNN noted. Tuesday brought technology giant Apple crossing the $4 trillion threshold, signaling the iPhone retains sufficient appeal despite the company's lag in AI competition.

Recently, Nvidia and AI leader OpenAI revealed a significant collaboration under which the ChatGPT developer will acquire billions in chips in return for a $100 billion Nvidia investment distributed over time, while Nvidia additionally disclosed a $5 billion investment in struggling chipmaker Intel, according to CNN.

However, the reciprocal spending activity combined with remarkable industry growth rates and ambiguity surrounding AI investment returns has sparked concerns the AI market might represent a bubble awaiting collapse, CNN reported.

Nevertheless, Nvidia executives stated during the August earnings call that the corporation anticipates benefiting from as much as $4 trillion in AI infrastructure expenditures by decade's end, with the most recent quarter generating nearly $26 billion in net income, CNN noted.

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