Apple reached, for the first time in its history, a market capitalization of $4 trillion, following a strong rise in its shares driven by the launch of the new iPhone 17.
With this achievement, the tech giant joins Nvidia and Microsoft in the select group of companies worth over $4 billion. Nvidia leads the rankings with over $4,5 billion, while Microsoft rejoined the "club" on Tuesday after a 2,2% share price surge, fueled by an agreement with OpenAI to transform the creator of ChatGPT into a public-benefit corporation.
Since the launch of the new iPhones, Apple has seen a rise in value of around 13%, reversing the losses accumulated at the beginning of 2025 and ending the year, so far, with gains.
In the first half of the year, the company's shares struggled due to growing competition in China and uncertainty over tariffs imposed by the United States on Asian countries such as China and India, where Apple's main production centers are located.
Despite the positive results, the company's cautious stance on artificial intelligence has raised doubts among analysts and investors about its ability to keep pace with its rivals in the main driver of technological growth in the coming decades.
Recent reports indicate that Apple has lost AI executives to Meta, and that the launch of the Apple Intelligence suite, which includes integration with ChatGPT, has been delayed, as has the new version of the Siri voice assistant, now scheduled for next year.
