Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has proved itself to be one of the early winners in the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution, increasing earnings in the triple digits in recent quarters and pledging to keep innovating to supercharge growth.

Albert Einstein called compound interest "The eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it. He who doesn't, pays it." Coupled with time, compound interest has the power to turn even meager savings into massive wealth.

Now, let's consider one of the highest-profile companies today, and that's artificial intelligence (AI) chip giant Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA). In fact, Nvidia just completed its most recent stock split in June after the shares soared past $900 earlier in the year -- and then surged past $1,

The stock isn't cheap, but it isn't far from where its peers are priced. Nvidia has risen to the top of AI investments because it has become the building block on which AI models are built and trained.