Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has gotten off to a bad start on the stock market in 2025, losing more than 10% of its value as of this writing, with Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up DeepSeek's launch of a low-cost but capable AI model playing a key role in the semiconductor giant's troubles.

NVIDIA Corporation NVDA stock has tumbled 21% over the past month, largely due to concerns over Chinese AI startup DeepSeek’s breakthrough in developing a competitive AI model at a lower cost. The sell-off was particularly brutal on Jan.