Wall Street spiraled into panic mode Monday when Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepSeek unboxed a chatbot that reportedly matches OpenAI's capabilities, while requiring significantly less computational power.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a massive and expansive umbrella encompassing many different technologies. You are probably familiar with generative AI, like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Alphabet's Google Gemini (NASDAQ: GOOGL).

Shares of Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) plunged 16.86% on Monday, wiping out $589 billion in market value, following the debut of DeepSeeks new AI models. The sell-off marked the largest single-day market value loss in history,

Amid the race to compete in artificial intelligence (AI), investors interested in this sector have tended to ignore Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM). Part of the reason for this is that the longtime leader in smartphone chipsets is at a bit of a crossroads regarding its future as it seeks to diversify its product offerings away from smartphones.

One key point about Nvidia that sets it apart from other AI investments is that it's making piles of money from all of the AI investments from big tech companies. Hans Mosesmann from Rosenblatt Securities has a Street-high price target of $220 per share on Nvidia.

Nearly every AI company saw its stock price soar in 2024. Many saw their market caps double, triple, or even quadruple in value. But there's one AI stock in particular that crushed analyst expectations. And there's a chance investors could be in for yet another surprise in 2025.