We recently published a list of Top 10 Trending AI News And Stock Ratings. In this article, we are going to take a look at where AudioCodes Ltd. (NASDAQ:AUDC) stands against other top trending AI news and stock ratings.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman continues to forge alliances in Asia, visiting India on February 5th to meet industry leaders and prominent founders and discuss the company’s plans for the Indian market.
Yesterday, Sam Altman was in South Korea to sign a deal with tech giant Kakao to integrate ChatGPT features into Kakao’s diverse services. OpenAI’s investments and partnerships, backed by the Stargate program, could indicate the US AI industry is racing to capture emerging markets amid the growing popularity of cheap and effective Chinese AI models like DeepSeek R1 and Alibaba’s Qwen 2.5. Altman reportedly admitted in South Korea that OpenAI “hasn’t found a strategy yet” to respond to DeepSeek.
“India is an incredible market for AI in general, for us too. It’s our second biggest market after the US. Users here have tripled in the last year. The innovation that’s happening, what people are building [in India], it’s really incredible,” Altman said. “We’re excited to do much, much more here, and I think it’s (the Indian AI program) a great plan. And India will build great models.”
Meanwhile, US stock futures retreated after Alphabet’s Q4 cloud revenue missed estimates and AMD’s disappointing data center sales forecast heightened concerns about a slump in AI momentum despite hefty R&D spending. Overall, investors remained alert for new developments in the ongoing US-China trade war.
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AudioCodes Ltd. (NASDAQ:AUDC)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 8
AudioCodes Ltd. (NASDAQ:AUDC) develops and supplies communication software, Voice over IP (VoIP) solutions, and managed services for enterprise and global service providers. The company’s Voice.AI Connect integrates cognitive voice service and bot framework with any voice or telephony channel, thus allowing customers to talk naturally with chatbots for an audio-centric user experience. The service essentially extends text-based chatbot functionality to voice communications.
On February 5th, Barclays increased AudioCodes Ltd.’s (NASDAQ:AUDC) target price to $10 from $9 and maintained an “Underweight” stock rating post-Q4 report. The brokerage attributed the positive growth outlook for fiscal 2025 to the opportunities in the company’s Voice.AI and Live managed services.
Overall, AUDC ranks 6th on our list of top trending AI news and stock ratings. While we acknowledge the potential of AUDC as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than AUDC but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.
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