Nvidia rides AI boom to record profits and bigger investor returns

Nvidia posted a record quarter with $58.3 billion in profit on $81.6 billion in revenue for the February–April period, as data-center demand for AI chips drove growth (data-center revenue $75.2B, up 92% YoY; hardware $6.4B, up 29%). The company also announced an $80 billion share buyback and raised its quarterly dividend to $0.25 per share, while forecasting about $91 billion in revenue for the current quarter. CEO Jensen Huang called AI demand “parabolic,” though the stock traded lower after hours amid high investor expectations.