Retail investors bought a net $562 million of Nvidia stock on Monday, the largest single-day inflow in at least 10 years, VandaTrack said.

While companies like DeepSeek may find success in certain market segments, they face an uphill battle against this massive capital advantage. In other words, claims that demand for Nvidia's premium chips will collapse simply don't align with market realities and the trajectory of AI development.

South Korean individual investors, who actively invest in U.S. and other foreign stocks and are known as ‘Seohak Ants,’ moved to buy U.S. semiconductor shares at lower prices after the emergence of Chinese AI startup DeepSeek shook the market,