Tesla stock was down—a little—early Thursday with stock futures hovering up after Nvidia earnings. Shares of the electric-vehicle maker were off 0.2% at $341.26, while futures tracking the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average were up about 0.

It's no secret that Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) is one of the hottest artificial intelligence (AI) stocks in the market. The chip-making juggernaut just reported an incredible Q3, beating Wall Street's sky-high expectations.

Nvidia's rise of 0.5 percent was the strongest force pushing the S&P 500 upward after yet again beating estimates for profit and revenue late Wednesday. It also gave a forecast for revenue in the current quarter that topped most expectations thanks to voracious demand for its chips used in artificial-intelligence technology.

Shares of the electric-vehicle maker have moved an average of 6%, up or down, each day since the Nov. 5 election.