10 AI News and Ratings Shaking Up Wall Street

3. CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 74

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD) is a software infrastructure company that provides cybersecurity solutions. On January 28th, the stock hit record highs in the market as Chinese artificial intelligence sensation DeepSeek was the subject of a cyber-attack. The attack came a day after the company triggered a massive sell-off in the market on the news that its AI assistant model runs on less advanced chips at a low cost.

The DeepSeek cyber-attack news triggered investor enthusiasm in the cybersecurity sector, with CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD) emerging as the biggest beneficiary. The 10% rally came a day after CrowdStrike’s Falcon cybersecurity platform achieved a perfect score in a real-world ransomware test. Cybersecurity software testing company SE Labs gave the platform a perfect score, stating that it “stopped all known and unknown threats with no false positives. JMP Securities analysts have reiterated a market outperform rating on the stock with a $400 price target. The bullish rating stems from expectations that CrowdStrike and rival Palo Alto Networks are well positioned to capitalize on the opportunities that crop up in securing AI infrastructure and data.