Looming over it all is AI chipmaker Nvidia’s Wednesday earnings call — results that could send ripples through rattled markets, for good or ill. Nvidia alone, which should be the most secure in the AI industry, has lost hundreds of millions in market cap over the last week. Economic uncertainty is already putting markets on edge, with long-awaited economic data being delayed by the recent US government shutdown. “With the shutdown resolved, all eyes will now be on the incoming data dump.”Despite macroeconomic “fog” caused by a political standoff in Washington, DC, Nvidia’s earnings call could prove just as impactful, underlining how enormously influential the AI industry has become. More on the AI industry: Dark Clouds Suddenly Gathering Over AI Industry