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Ten stocks capped off the trading week, climbing by double digits on Friday, mirroring an overall market optimism on renewed confidence for the AI industry.

The Nasdaq led the charge among Wall Street’s main indices, jumping 1.31 percent. The S&P 500 followed with a 0.88 percent gain, and the Dow Jones was last, up 0.38 percent.

In this article, we focus on the 10 top-performing stocks and detail the reasons behind their gains.

To come up with the list, we focused on the stocks with a $2 billion market capitalization and 5 million shares in trading volume.

10. AST SpaceMobile Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTS)

AST SpaceMobile saw its share prices jump by 15.03 percent on Friday to close at $75.84 apiece, tracking an overall market rally and placing bets ahead of the launch of its next-generation satellite.

On the same day, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced that the launch of AST SpaceMobile Inc.’s (NASDAQ:ASTS) BlueBird 6 satellite has been pushed back anew to Christmas Eve, December 24.

Originally set for launch on December 15, AST SpaceMobile Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTS) announced earlier this week that the takeoff has been pushed back to Sunday, December 21.

The ISRO did not divulge the reason for the second reschedule.

As compared with the BlueBirds 1 to 5, the 6th generation features the largest commercial phased array in low Earth orbit at nearly 2,400 square feet.

It is also nearly four times bigger than the previous generations, and supports 10 times the data capacity.

The December 24 launch targets to enable ubiquitous cellular broadband coverage from space directly to mobile phones.

According to AST SpaceMobile Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTS), it would ramp up the production of its BlueBird 6 satellites, with planned manufacturing expansion in its Florida and Texas facilities.

9. Applied Digital Corp. (NASDAQ:APLD)

Applied Digital extended its winning streak to a second day on Friday, surging 16.53 percent to close at $27.85 apiece as investors loaded positions early ahead of the results of its earnings performance.

In an update on Thursday, Applied Digital Corp. (NASDAQ:APLD) said that it would announce the results of its second quarter earnings performance for the fiscal year 2026 after market close on Jan. 7, 2026. An investor call will be held to elaborate on the results.

In other news this week, Applied Digital Corp. (NASDAQ:APLD) announced the successful raising of $100 million in fresh funds from a term loan facility with Macquarie Group’s Commodities and Global Markets business.

Proceeds from the facility will be used for the pre-lease development of new data center projects.

“This development facility strengthens our ability to move quickly on high-quality sites while maintaining capital flexibility,” said Applied Digital Corp. (NASDAQ:APLD) Chairman and CEO Wes Cummins.

In line with the development, Applied Digital Corp. (NASDAQ:APLD) is also underway with negotiations with another investment-grade hyperscaler for the potential lease of its several campuses.

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The $250 Trillion AI Hype is Real. A few years from now, you’ll probably wish you’d bought this stock.

When Jeff Bezos said that one breakthrough technology would shape Amazon’s destiny, even Wall Street’s biggest analysts were caught off guard.

Fast forward a year and Amazon’s new CEO Andy Jassy described generative AI as a “once-in-a-lifetime” technology that is already being used across Amazon to reinvent customer experiences.

At the 8th Future Investment Initiative conference, Elon Musk predicted that by 2040 there would be at least 10 billion humanoid robots, with each priced between $20,000 and $25,000.

Do the math. According to Musk, this technology could be worth $250 trillion by 2040.

Put another way, that’s roughly equal to:

  • 175 Teslas
  • 107 Amazons
  • 140 Metas
  • 84 Googles
  • 65 Microsofts
  • And 55 Nvidias

And here’s the wild part — this $250 trillion wave isn’t tied to one company, but to an entire ecosystem of AI innovators set to reshape the global economy.

It’s a leap so massive, it could reshape how businesses, governments, and consumers operate worldwide.

Even if that $250 trillion figure sounds ambitious, major firms like PwC and McKinsey still see AI unlocking multi-trillion-dollar potential.

How could anything be worth that much?

The answer lies in a breakthrough so powerful it’s redefining how humanity works, learns, and creates.

And this breakthrough has already set off a frenzy among hedge funds and Wall Street’s top investors.

What most investors don’t realize is that one under-owned company holds the key to this $250 trillion revolution.

In fact, Verge argues this company’s supercheap AI technology should concern rivals.

Before I reveal the details, let’s talk about how some of the richest people on the planet are positioning themselves.

  • Bill Gates sees artificial intelligence as the “biggest technological advance in my lifetime,” more transformative than the internet or personal computer, capable of improving healthcare, education, and addressing climate change.
  • Larry Ellison — through Oracle, is spending billions on Nvidia chips and partnering with Cohere to embed generative AI across Oracle’s cloud and apps.
  • Warren Buffett — not known for tech hype — says this breakthrough could have a ‘hugely beneficial social impact.

When billionaires from Silicon Valley to Wall Street line up behind the same idea — you know it’s worth paying attention to.

Even as we admire what Tesla, Nvidia, Alphabet, and Microsoft have built, we believe an even greater opportunity lies elsewhere…

But the real story isn’t Nvidia — it’s a much smaller company quietly improving the critical technology that makes this entire revolution possible.

And judging by what I’m hearing from both Silicon Valley insiders and Wall Street veterans…

This prediction might not be bold at all:

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