10 AI Stocks Gaining Attention on Wall Street

Wedbush Securities’ Dan Ives is joining a new company known as Eightco Holdings. Eightco announced on Monday that Ives is now chairman of the board of directors. At the same time, the company also declared a $250 million private placement to implement a buying strategy around Worldcoin as its main treasury asset.

Worldcoin (WLD) is the native token of the blockchain used in Open AI creator Sam Altman’s biometric identity verification startup, World. According to Ives, World is a potential “de facto standard for authentication and identification in the future world of AI.”

“As someone that’s so passionate about the AI revolution and the future of tech, I view World as really the de facto standard for authentication and identification in the future world of AI. I would not be doing this initiative if it was just a cookie cutter token strategy.”

-Ives told CNBC.

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10. UiPath Inc. (NYSE:PATH)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 42

UiPath Inc. (NYSE:PATH) is one of the 10 AI Stocks Gaining Attention on Wall Street. On September 5, Needham analyst Scott Berg reiterated a Hold rating on the stock. The rating affirmation follows PATH’s solid second-quarter results against conservative guidance.

The company’s customer retention (NRR) has stopped falling and is holding steady at 108%. This is a good sign after two years of precipitous decline, the firm noted.

Overall, Needham believes that growth may be slow in the near-term but new opportunities and PATH’s improving conditions suggests better times ahead.

“We are incrementally more positive on PATH shares after UiPath reported solid 2Q results against conservative guidance. PATH is showing early stabilization signs with NRR flat Q/Q at 108% after precipitously declining over the last two years. While net new ARR was down 30% Y/Y, guidance implies 2H improvements. Similar volume-based companies in our coverage typically take multiple quarters to work through downsell dynamics before reaccelerating growth. Macro commentary remained steady while Fed spending has started to thaw, unlocking pent-up deal activity from recent quarters. Agentic automation remains key to product vision and early traction appears positive, the opportunity is unlikely to materially contribute to growth until 2HFY27. On guidance, PATH reported a decent raise after adjusting for incremental FX tailwinds.”

UiPath Inc. (NYSE:PATH) is a well-known software as a service (SaaS) enterprise that develops AI-powered automation platforms to help businesses transform their operations.