The setup is still non-linear: AI spend is shifting from “experiments” to repeatable AI-factory buildouts, where Nvidia’s advantage is integration (silicon + networking + systems + software) and shorter time-to-deployment. Even if
GPU competition increases, Nvidia can keep (or grow) wallet share by attaching higher-margin platform software (orchestration, provenance/security, compliance) and expanding distribution via curated marketplaces and structured financing that converts more customers from
capex-gated to throughput-gated. The likely outcome is market-cap growth driven more by durability of demand and quality-of-revenue (software/recurring attach) than by unit share alone, supporting an outcome around 2x in five years despite a modest
multiple fade.