Jensen Huang does not hide his frustration with U.S. chip policies. On Nvidia’s latest earnings call, the CEO said the $50 billion market for AI chips in China is now “effectively closed to U.S. industry.

Nvidia shares jumped in extended trading on Wednesday after the chip giant surpassed Wall Street’s quarterly revenue expectations amid booming AI demand. Monitor these major chart levels.

FactSet estimates see first-quarter earnings of $0.73 per share and revenue of $43.3 billion, up 66 percent from a year ago. While that sounds strong in a vacuum, it’s a slowdown from the triple-digit expansion Nvidia posted in 2024, when revenue was up 262 percent year-over-year the same quarter.