When it comes to finding a top artificial intelligence (AI) stock to buy, investors may feel little motivation to look beyond Nvidia. Indeed, CEO Jensen Huang's decision to develop AI chips before Nvidia's competitors made it the dominant chip company in a lucrative and fast-growing niche.

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Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) was the best-performing stock in the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) over the last five years, with shares soaring 2,890%. The company completed two stock splits during that period. The first was the 4-for-1 stock split in July 2021,