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In a recent tweet, CNBC’s Jim Cramer commented on a Morgan Stanley note about cybersecurity company CrowdStrike. The bank upgraded the shares to Overweight and added it to its Top Pick list. Some of the factors that Morgan Stanley pointed out included growing market share and a strong position in the AI market. The bank’s coverage came a little over a month after the firm’s shares had dipped by 10% after investors were spooked by the potential impact of Anthropic on the firm’s business. The CNBC TV host commented on the change in sentiment as he tweeted:
“Freed from the craziness that says Anthropic can destroy it. Anthropic can’t even compete with it and, at the same time, be the creator of agents. Huge liability”
Our Methodology
To make our list of Jim Cramer’s hottest AI stock picks, we made a list of AI stocks that he was optimistic about in 2025. Then, their performance since the comments were made was calculated and the stocks were ranked accordingly. Additionally, the number of hedge fund investors back then were also mentioned. Finally, the number of investors as of the third quarter of 2025 were also mentioned for additional context.
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Jim Cramer’s Hottest AI Stock Picks
10. Cerence Inc. (NASDAQ:CRNC)
Number of Hedge Fund Holdings in Q3 2024: 10
Number of Hedge Fund Holdings in Q4 2025: 23
Performance Since Cramer’s Remarks: -48%
Date/Month of Cramer’s Remarks: February 4th, 2025
Cerence Inc. (NASDAQ:CRNC) is an AI software company that provides AI assistants for applications such as text-to-speech and natural language understanding. Its shares are down by 30% over the past year and by 48% since Cramer discussed it on his February 4th appearance of Mad Money. Since then, several factors, such as earnings reports, appear to have driven the stock’s performance. For instance, Cerence Inc. (NASDAQ:CRNC)’s shares closed 27.5% higher on November 20th after the firm reported its fourth-quarter earnings on the 19th. The results saw it post $60.6 million in revenue, which surpassed the high end of its $58 million guidance given during the third quarter earnings. Yet, Cerence Inc. (NASDAQ:CRNC)’s stock closed 29% lower on February 5th 2025, after it reported its Q1 FY26 results on the 4th. In its first quarter, the firm posted a net loss of $5.2 million, which was sharper than its guidance that ranged between a $2.4 million loss and a $7.6 million profit. Cramer was quite optimistic about the stock in February, as he had remarked: “Let’s go with Cerence. You know why? I’ll tell you why. Because it’s down huge from $27 down to $12. I think you got a real interesting level. Let’s pull the trigger.” The CNBC TV host kept up the optimism in June and asserted that “Cerence is a winner.”
9. Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM)
Number of Hedge Fund Holdings in Q3 2024: 116
Number of Hedge Fund Holdings in Q4 2025: 115
Performance Since Cramer’s Remarks: -39%
Date/Month of Cramer’s Remarks: February 5th, 2025
Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM) is a software company that provides customer relationship management products and services. Its shares are down by 29% over the past year and by more than 39% since Cramer discussed the firm in his Mad Money appearance on February 5th. Most of the turmoil in Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM)’s shares has come in 2026 as they are down by 21% year-to-date. As per media reports and remarks by Cramer, most of the turmoil is due to the perceived impact of AI on the software industry. The CNBC TV host’s recent comments about Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM) have maintained that the firm’s Agentforce AI business continues to perform well. In February, the shares fell by 5% in extended trading after the firm guided that its full-year fiscal 2027 revenue would be between $45.8 billion and $46.2 billion, while analysts had penciled in $46.06 billion. In February 2025, Cramer had advocated buying the stock if it fell, as he remarked:
“I actually think it’s okay. There was a really terrific piece out by Morgan Stanley yesterday about what the clients are doing and how great it’s been, Agentforce has been for them. It’s such a winner that I smiled. I said, oh my god, Marc Benioff is gonna do so well. I think you just stay in the stock and if it gets hit, I would buy more. That’s how much I believe in their Agentforce. It’s terrific…”
