We recently compiled a list of the 15 AI News You Should Not Miss. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) stands against the other AI stocks.
According to a new report by Bloomberg Intelligence (BI), the generative AI market is set for rapid growth, projected to reach $1.3 trillion within the next decade. The market is expected to expand at a CAGR of 42%, initially fueled by training infrastructure and gradually shifting to inference devices for large language models (LLMs), digital ads, specialized software, and services in the medium to long term. Rising demand for generative AI products could generate an additional $280 billion of new software revenue, driven by specialized assistants, new infrastructure products, and copilots that accelerate coding.
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“The world is poised to see an explosion of growth in the generative AI sector over the next ten years that promises to fundamentally change the way the technology sector operates. The technology is set to become an increasingly essential part of IT spending, ad spending, and cybersecurity as it develops”.
-Mandeep Singh, Senior Technology Analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence
The AI world continues to buzz with recent advancements and breakthroughs. On October 29, Linkedin Corporate Communications announced the launch of their first-ever AI agent called Hiring Assistant, developed to take on a recruiter’s most repetitive tasks so that developers can steer their focus on the most impactful work. The company has also rolled out a new coaching feature in LinkedIn Learning to help learners practice human skills through interactive scenarios using text or voice.
In other news, Securiti, the pioneer in data security, privacy, governance, and compliance, announced on Tuesday that it has integrated Nvidia’s NIM microservices into its Securiti Gencore AI solution, empowering users in industries to easily and quickly build safe, enterprise-grade generative AI systems, copilots and AI agents by utilizing proprietary enterprise data safely in diverse data systems and apps.
Medicine is another area where AI is driving significant breakthroughs. On Tuesday, October 29, Biotech firm Iambic Therapeutics revealed that it has made a breakthrough artificial intelligence model. The model can radically reduce the time and money needed to develop new drugs. Its new AI drug discovery model is called Enchant, with a white paper published revealing how Enchant demonstrates a high degree of accuracy when predicting how well the human body would absorb certain drugs.
Asia is also making strides to take the lead in the AI race. The Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) has unveiled a new Artificial Intelligence method to speed quantum calculations. Professor Yong-Hoon Kim’s team from the School of Electrical Engineering has achieved a world-first; succeeding in accelerating calculations for electronic structure in quantum mechanics using a convolutional neural network (CNN) model.
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For this article, we selected AI stocks by combing through news articles, stock analysis, and press releases. These stocks are also popular among hedge funds.
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Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 75
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) is an American multinational corporation and technology company that designs, develops, manufactures, markets and sells computing and related products and services. Once a very important chip company, Intel is leveraging its established presence in data centers to support the growing demand for AI applications.
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) will release its third-quarter financial results on October 31, after the closing bell. On October 29, Rosenblatt Securities reiterated its “Sell” rating on Intel with a price target of $17.00. Analyst Hans Mosesmann expects Intel to report results that meet expectations due to the stabilization of the PC market. However, the company is losing market share to Advanced Micro Devices in the lucrative data center sector. The analyst also lacks confidence in the out-quarter estimates, as the company struggles to catch up with the current AI cycle as it works to improve its CPU roadmap and the Intel Foundry business, among other challenges.
Overall INTC ranks 9th among the AI stocks investors should not miss. While we acknowledge the potential of INTC as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter timeframe. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than INTC but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.
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