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Nvidia’s(NVDA) run in artificial intelligence mostly concerns chips, servers, and soaring demand for computing power. Now CEO Jensen Huang is shaking things up, pointing investors toward a different part of the story: software agents that can act on a user’s behalf.OpenClaw is “definitely the next ChatGPT,” said Huang in a CNBC interview from Nvidia’s GTC event. He also emphasized that AI will slowly become more efficient. Eventually, it will start to go beyond just answering questions and instead focus on completing tasks.The comment comes with significant weight because Nvidia is not just talking about the trend. Instead, the company is releasing NemoClaw, a software stack for the OpenClaw platform that adds privacy and security features to make autonomous agents more reliable and easier to use.The timing is notable. Nvidia recently reported record fourth-quarter fiscal 2026 revenue of $68.1 billion, including $62.3 billion from its data-center business, and said it expects about $78 billion in first-quarter fiscal 2027 revenue. The numbers are interesting, and they give Wall Street another reason to pay attention when Huang starts talking about what he thinks the next phase of AI will be.It is a major change of stance. Nvidia wants to be more than the company powering AI. Instead, it wants to power the software behind the entire enterprise.Huang added that users could create their own agent and ask it to perform tasks.Nvidia sees OpenClaw as the next step after chatbotsOpenClaw, as Huang described it, will do more than answer just basic questions, TechCrunch reported. The main idea behind agentic AI is that software can follow directions, make choices, use tools, and perform complex tasks without needing constant help from people. That is a more ambitious pitch than the chatbot boom that made ChatGPT famous.Related: Nvidia bull drops shocking take on upsideFor Nvidia investors, that nuance matters significantly. There will be a significant opportunity if AI agents become widely used.The matter will shift from model training and inference to enterprise software, developer tools, and always-on services running across corporate systems.Nvidia is already trying to position itself for that shift. Its NemoClaw launch focused on secure, always-on assistants that can run across cloud and local environments, which loosely translates to Nvidia expecting more practical demand to form.Huang emphasized the point with a simple example. An agent can easily search for help designing a kitchen by learning tools, studying images, generating ideas, and improving their output.Nvidia key investor pointsNvidia reported $68.1 billion in fourth-quarter fiscal 2026 revenue.Its data center business produced $62.3 billion in quarterly revenue.Nvidia expects first-quarter fiscal 2027 revenue to be about $78 billion.NemoClaw shows Nvidia is trying to expand from hardware into the software tools needed to run AI agents.Those points help explain why Huang’s OpenClaw are different and are being treated as such. These remarks are a bit different from a typical keynote tease.Nvidia is making its case from a position of unusual financial strength, and it is trying to convince investors that the next chapter of AI could make its moat wider instead of narrower.

Nvidia’s NemoClaw launch focused on secure, always-on assistants that can run across cloud and local environments.Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Nvidia’s NemoClaw push shows this is more than hypeThe more important development may be what Nvidia actually launched. The company unveiled NemoClaw for the OpenClaw community on March 16. The stack lets users install NVIDIA Nemotron models and the new OpenShell runtime with just one command, while adding privacy and security controls.Nvidia said the platform is looking to make autonomous agents more trustworthy, scalable, and user-friendly.More Nvidia:Nvidia stock gets major reality check on ‘$100B’ numberNvidia CEO delivers blunt 7-word rebuttal on software stocksBank of America resets Nvidia price target after earningsThat matters, because agentic AI asks harder questions than chatbots do. One thing is a model that sums up a report. When a system can access tools, move through workflows, and act on its own, it raises bigger issues about permissions, oversight, and data protection. Nvidia’s pitch for NemoClaw is aimed directly at those worries, demonstrating that Huang thinks trust in businesses is the key to this category.The strategy also fits Nvidia’s broader evolution. Nvidia is no longer just selling GPUs into an AI arms race. It is creating a larger ecosystem around software, systems, networking, and computing. If OpenClaw or similar agent frameworks evolve into an important enterprise layer, Nvidia wants to become a pick-and-shovel play. It aims to supply both the rails and the engine.Side note: Huang is also watching OpenAI’s next moveHuang’s remarks about OpenClaw are not the only indication that Nvidia anticipates significant advancements in AI.Huang said Nvidia would consider investing in an OpenAI IPO, Reuters reported Feb. 3.Reuters added that Huang thought OpenAI and Anthropic were getting closer to going public, which made it less likely they would make more big investments.OpenAI watch listHuang said Nvidia would consider investing in an OpenAI IPO.Reuters reported that OpenAI is raising fresh capital at a valuation of about $840 billion.Any eventual OpenAI public offering would likely rank among the market’s most closely watched AI listings. This is an inference based on the company’s valuation and profile, as well as Nvidia’s public comments.That is why Huang’s “next ChatGPT” line is the one to watch. It’s a bold claim, but it also serves as a guide. Nvidia is telling investors where it thinks AI is going next and showing that it has already begun building for that future.Related: Wall Street just gave Devon Energy investors a big surprise

Amazon is hoping shoppers can be spurred into buying more if they can get their deliveries even faster.Since introducing unlimited two-day shipping in 2005 with Prime, Amazon has changed how America shops online.And now your Amazon order could be delivered in just a matter of hours – if you’re willing to pay the price.Amazon to offer even faster delivery timesAmazon is starting one and three-hour deliveries in select areas across the country, it announced on Tuesday.Over 90,000 items are available, with products ranging from household goods to health and beauty items.Amazon had started testing the service late last year. One-hour delivery is already available for hundreds of cities, while residents in 2,000 U.S. cities can get their Amazon orders within three hours, seven days a week. The company says it plans to expand to more areas in the coming months.

Amazon has steadily made deliveries faster. Shutterstock

The service isn’t free. Prime members can get one-hour delivery for $9.99 and three-hour delivery for $4.99. Non-prime members will need to pay even more — $19.99 for one-hour and $14.99 for three-hour delivery.Same-day delivery will remain free for Prime members, Amazon said in a statement.  Shoppers will see storefronts in areas where ultrafast shipping is available and will be able to filter to see which products can be delivered in just a few hours.Amazon’s race to ultrafast shipping Amazon completely changed the online shopping experience when it offered free, two-day shipping. Shoppers soon expected nearly every company to offer free and fast shipping options.It’s created stiff competition with other retailers like Walmart, which offers its own one- and- three hour delivery service. Other delivery services like Instacart, Doordash, and Uber Eats also include products from retailers.In 2025, Amazon set a new Prime delivery speed record, with over 13 billion items arriving on the same or next day globally. In the U.S., groceries and everyday essentials made up half of the total items, the company stated.More Amazon News:Meet the retail giant that’s actually beating AmazonBank of America resets Amazon stock forecastAmazon’s AWS shocker overseas sends a warning to US investorsAmazon is able to offer such fast shipping times largely thanks to its local distribution hubs across the country and its vast truck and air fleet. Its new one-and-three hour delivery service will leverage existing same-day delivery sites.The tech and retail conglomerate has been on a mission to make shipping even faster for its customers. It has experimented with various innovations to make that process even faster, from using drones to deliver packages to its discontinued robot delivery service.Amazon Shipping Milestones:2002: Amazon introduces free super saver shipping, where orders are shipped for free at certain price points but are slower to arrive, according to The Motley Fool.2005: Amazon launches Prime, which offers unlimited two-day shipping for $79 a year, reported Fortune.2009: Amazon offers same-day and one-day shipping in certain areas, according to The New York Times.2014-2017: Amazon expands its same and one-day shipping to thousands of more cities, added Techcrunch.2019: Amazon makes one-day shipping the norm for Prime members, cites CNBC.Even as it announced one- to three-hour delivery, Amazon is testing a 15 to 30-minute delivery service of essentials and fresh groceries in Seattle, Philadelphia, and international cities like Dubai.But despite Amazon’s ultrafast shipping times, same-day delivery is still a small segment of the courier market, according to research firm McKinsey & Company. In the U.S. it only makes up about 2% to 3% of the market, with most same-day deliveries concentrated in cities.Related: Costco shares good news as gas prices spike

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It’s hard not to be irritated anytime I see a headline or social media post along the lines of “10 things you’re wasting your money on,” only for the post to list small purchases like lattes or dining out as the reasons you’re not yet a millionaire. As someone who has reported on various personal finance topics for a decade, I have learned that building wealth is much more complicated than that.So when I saw an Instagram post by Ramit Sethi, author of the best-selling book “I Will Teach You to Be Rich,” that read “20 Things That Are a Complete Waste of Your Money According to Ramit,” I was skeptical.Until I read the paranthetical statement below: “And no, it’s not your morning coffee.” OK, now I was paying attention.Sethi’s list focused on common and often bigger-ticket items, ranging from unnecessary extended warranties to expensive credit cards with rewards programs you rarely use. Being a real-estate reporter, I perked up when I read number 13 on his list: “Treating your primary home as an investment. It’s often a lifestyle choice, not a high-return asset.”Homeownership is a major part of the American Dream, because it ideally helps you build wealth. Why, then, does Sethi warn against treating your house like an investment?Your primary home has value, but it’s not an investmentFamily, real estate agents, and housing reporters alike will wax poetic about how buying a home is a good investment because you will build equity. Unlike with rent payments, mortgage payments will help you gain ownership of an asset.All of this may be true, but it still doesn’t mean you should chiefly treat your primary home as a “high-return asset,” as Sethi put it.”I tell my clients to think of their primary residence as a utility, not an investment,” Eric Roberge, founder and CEO of financial advisory firm Beyond Your Hammock, told TheStreet. “Yes, your home has real value — stability, security, and protection from rising rents over time — but there’s an important difference between something that has value and something that produces a return.”Related: Redfin reveals why now is the right time to refinance a mortgageRoberge explained that houses gain value over time, but inflation also rises during those years. When you account for inflation, the actual return on a single-family home is only around 1% — and that’s before factoring in maintenance expenses and closing costs when you buy and sell the property.Housing price growth indexes, such as the Case-Shiller Home Price Index, don’t include these types of costs in their reports, he said. They only display the changes in home prices over time.All of this doesn’t mean buying a home is a bad financial decision — as long as you can afford the ongoing expenses. “Those who convince themselves to buy a larger, more expensive home because ‘it’s a good investment’ are the ones who get into trouble,” Roberge said.When Sethi said to not treat your primary home as an investment, he specified that it isn’t a high-return asset. While that might be true, it doesn’t mean buying a home is a waste of money overall.

Bestselling author Ramit Sethi (right) warns against treating your home as your best investment. Countess/Getty Images

Buying a home can still be a smart financial decisionTreating your home as an “investment” might be a money mistake, but buying a home isn’t necessarily a financial mistake in general.”It’s not meant to be a high-return investment or a quick win like stocks,” Kathleen Myers, Realtor for RE/MAX Equity Group in Portland, Oregon. “It is a lifestyle choice. But it also builds equity over time, lets you buy a more expensive asset with a relatively small down payment, and can offer meaningful tax advantages. It is both a place to live and a long-term financial foundation, not a waste.”Treating a home like an investment that will yield high returns when you sell probably isn’t a realistic strategy. But there are financial benefits to owning a house. As Myers pointed out, you can deduct certain homeownership expenses on your taxes, as long as you itemize your deductions rather than take the standard deduction.More on homeownership and the housing market:Redfin reveals major shift in housing marketMortgage rates increase for 3 straight weeksFannie Mae predicts shifts in mortgage rates, housing marketFor example, according to the IRS, married homeowners filing taxes jointly can deduct the interest paid on the first $750,000 of their mortgage principal. (If you’re married filing separately, you’ll deduct on the first $375,000 of your principal.) You also might qualify for deductions on property taxes and specific home improvements.And while inflation may keep your home from yielding the same type of returns as other investments, your property may still gain value. You can use that value to take out a home equity loan, home equity line of credit (HELOC), or cash-out refinance. Then, use these funds to pay for anything from home renovation projects to college tuition to consolidating debt.No, your personal home is not an “investment.” But it still offers financial benefits.Does buying a home fit your lifestyle?Sethi deemed your primary home a “lifestyle choice” rather than an investment. So how do you know if buying a home fits your lifestyle right now? Here are some questions to ask yourself.Do you expect to stay in the same place for at least a few years? If you plan to move soon to start a new job or be closer to family, then you’ll probably lose money just on the down payment and closing costs before you sell.Do you want to be your own landlord? You might prefer to keep renting if you don’t want to spend the time or money taking care of home repairs yourself.Do you have job security? Obviously, unexpected layoffs and furloughs happen. But in general, you should only buy a home if you feel settled in your job and don’t expect to be relocated in the near future.Related: How Fed meeting impacts mortgage rates, housing market