14 Most Promising AI Stocks to Buy Right Now

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In this article, we will discuss the 14 Most Promising AI Stocks to Buy Right Now.

Goldman Sachs Research anticipates the US economy to have a potential growth rate of over 2% over the upcoming few years, with some additional acceleration over the coming decade. The firm’s economists expect AI to increase labor productivity growth while the expansion of the workforce slows. Furthermore, technology and related sectors such as scientific research, engineering, and consulting made significantly larger contributions to the productivity growth compared to other sectors in the previous 5 years. Goldman Sachs believes that the technology industry’s increasing productivity is probably at least partially associated with AI.

Strong Global VC Investment

As per KPMG, VC investors have been doubling down on AI in Q3 2025, while companies continue to develop AI models and platforms, which are attracting the largest funding rounds of the quarter. Also, the surge in AI investments extended beyond the US and Europe. Moving forward into Q4 2025, the firm believes that global VC investment is projected to remain relatively stable, aided by the continued momentum in AI model development, industry-specific AI applications, and AI infrastructure.

Amidst such trends, we will now have a look at the 14 Most Promising AI Stocks to Buy Right Now.

14 Most Promising AI Stocks to Buy Right Now

Our Methodology

To list the 14 Most Promising AI Stocks to Buy Right Now, we conducted extensive research and sifted through online rankings. After getting an extensive list, we shortlisted the ones popular among hedge funds, as of Q2 2025. Finally, the stocks are arranged in ascending order of their hedge fund sentiments.

Why are we interested in the stocks that hedge funds pile into? The reason is simple: our research has shown that we can outperform the market by imitating the top stock picks of the best hedge funds. Our quarterly newsletter’s strategy selects 14 small-cap and large-cap stocks every quarter and has returned 427.7% since May 2014, beating its benchmark by 264 percentage points (see more details here).

14 Most Promising AI Stocks to Buy Right Now

14. Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 33

Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU) is one of the Most Promising AI Stocks to Buy Right Now. On October 15, Saiyi He from CMB International Securities maintained a “Buy” rating on the company’s stock, with a price objective of $148.40. The analyst’s rating is backed by a combination of factors demonstrating Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU)’s growth potential and value enhancement. The analyst expects that the company’s core business revenue is expected to decline because of ongoing transformations in the advertising sector.

That being said, this is projected to be counterbalanced by a healthy growth in cloud services, thanks to the increased demand related to AI technologies. Furthermore, the analyst pointed out that while the recovery in core advertising could take some time, new growth drivers like agent-related ads and digital human formats have been emerging. Such innovations are expected to help Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU)’s revenue. Furthermore, Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU)’s significant cash reserves and potential optimization in cash usage have been considered as factors that can support its valuation. As of June 30, 2025, the company’s cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and short-term investments came in at RMB124.2 billion ($17.34 billion).

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