SK Hynix Inc.’s shares slid after record quarterly results failed to impress investors grappling with stagnant smartphone demand and questions about AI spending in 2025.

The South Korean memory-chip maker reported record quarterly and annual results after stronger-than-expected earnings for the final quarter of 2024 on robust chip demand.

Nvidia stock was sliding on Thursday as a business partner’s weak outlook took some of the shine off President Trump’s artificial intelligence announcements. Shares were down 1.8% to $144.50 in premarket trading.

On Tuesday afternoon, President Donald Trump held a press conference to announce Stargate, a $500 billion artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure project in the United States. He called it the "largest AI infrastructure project, by far, in history."

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) are pioneers in artificial intelligence (AI) as both companies have played central roles in bringing this technology mainstream. While Microsoft-backed OpenAI kicked off the AI craze when it launched the highly popular ChatGPT in November 2022,

President Trump announced a major AI infrastructure investment of “at least $500 billion,” signaling a willingness to work alongside large tech companies.