Nvidia Corp's results in the coming week could guide the U.S. stock market on its next path, as investors turn their focus to the technology sector and artificial intelligence trade after an election-fueled rally stalled.

However, no company has more directly benefited from the rise of AI than semiconductor behemoth Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA). In less than two years, Nvidia has grown from a $360 billion business that was somewhat important within the tech sector to Wall Street's most-valuable publicly traded company ($3.