14 Most Promising AI Stocks to Buy Right Now

9. Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 121

Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM) is one of the Most Promising AI Stocks to Buy Right Now. On October 17, Monness analyst Brian White maintained a “Neutral” stance on the company’s stock, giving a “Hold” rating. The analyst’s rating is supported by a combination of factors that influence the company’s current market position. Despite Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM)’s recent advancements in AI innovations, expanded partnerships, and flexible pricing options, its growth remains modest, and the competitive landscape remains challenging, added the analyst. Also, the macroeconomic environment presents uncertainties, adding to the cautious outlook.

That being said, Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM)’s introduction of Agentforce 360 and strategic partnership with OpenAI exhibit potential to capitalize on the generative AI trend. In a separate release, Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM) announced a new long-term revenue target of over $60 billion by FY 2030, excluding Informatica. This demonstrates a 10%+ organic FY 2026 to FY 2030 CAGR. The company continues to see healthy momentum with its Data and AI offering.

Investment management company Vulcan Value Partners recently released its Q3 2025 investor letter. Here is what the fund said:

“Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM) is the world’s leading SaaS vendor for customer relationship management (CRM) and salesforce automation (SFA) software, including AI agents. Salesforce offers many other products including software for marketing automation, customer service automation, analytics, application integration, and enterprise collaboration among others. Growth guidance for the upcoming quarter was slightly lower than anticipated leading some investors to question whether Salesforce’s growth was slowing and AI investments were not bearing fruit. These questions have been amplified by a bearish industry narrative that AI will take market share from enterprise software companies like Salesforce. We believe the company is poised for sustained growth and will actually benefit from AI. Salesforce’s software is deeply embedded in the enterprise. The company is expanding its product suite with multiple cloud offerings, proprietary data, and an emphasis on being an AI innovation leader. In addition, its customers would rather focus on running their businesses instead of designing, testing, maintaining, and securing internal AI products in an ever-evolving landscape. Salesforce is deeply entrenched within its customer base, has high retention, high recurring revenue, and is a very scalable business with high margin potential. Salesforce is dominant across its offerings and is constantly innovating with new products like Agentforce to deepen customer relationships and grow the business.”