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What stands out

Schwab Network’s clip highlights two small shifts that matter: Nvidia’s post-earnings momentum now includes a deeper tie-up with Amazon and an 11-digit acquisition of Hugging Face, moves that push Nvidia from selling chips toward owning pieces of the AI stack. Nicole Petallides frames this as more than headline noise, it is a nudge toward vertical control of models, tooling and deployment. That matters because the industry debate about whether cloud giants or chip leaders will set AI standards next year has real commercial and valuation consequences.