We recently compiled a list of the 10 Buzzing AI Stocks Dominating Headlines. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM) stands against the other AI stocks.
Tiger Brokers, an online brokerage firm, has recently revealed that it has embedded DeepSeek’s model into its AI-powered chatbot. The DeepSeek-R1 model integrated into TigerGPT signifies a strategic move made by the firm to enhance the platform’s capabilities and user experience. The move comes amid brokerages and money managers racing to leverage the start-up’s artificial intelligence breakthrough.
READ NOW: 10 AI Stocks Analysts Are Watching: Latest Ratings and News and Top 14 AI Stocks on Wall Street: News and Analyst Ratings
Other Chinese brokers and fund managers who have integrated DeepSeek’s model include Sinolink Securities, CICC Wealth Management, and China Universal Asset Management. Their integrations have allowed them to radicalize how they conduct research, manage risks, make investment decisions, and even interact with clients.
The R1 model will allow Tiger Brokers to help customers analyze valuations, and make trading decisions and as Wu Tianhua, Tiger Brokers’ founder and CEO puts it, “feel the beauty of investment”, all by tapping on their financial data.
“Its impact is real. It’s no longer a concept, or a marketing trick,” he told Reuters in an interview.
Chinese firms may be integrating DeepSeek fast into their operations, but tech firms in the US are racing hard to develop their own. In the latest news, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI has revealed the Grok-3 model, a version of its chatbot that is launched to rival OpenAI merely days after Musk’s unsolicited cash bid to buy the company was rejected.
Grok-3 is available to Premium+ subscribers on X. The service costs $22 a month. In comparison, full access to OpenAI’s GPT-4o costs $200 a month. xAI has also revealed its plans to start a new subscription called SuperGrok for the bot’s mobile app and Grok.com website. Bloomberg reported that xAI plans to open-source preceding versions of Grok models as soon as the latest one is fully mature. This move coincides with similar ones made by other AI firms after the launch of DeepSeek’s AI models, reflecting a broader AI trend toward transparency and collaboration.
For this article, we selected AI stocks by going through news articles, stock analysis, and press releases. These stocks are also popular among hedge funds.
Why are we interested in the stocks that hedge funds pile into? The reason is simple: our research has shown that we can outperform the market by imitating the top stock picks of the best hedge funds. Our quarterly newsletter’s strategy selects 14 small-cap and large-cap stocks every quarter and has returned 275% since May 2014, beating its benchmark by 150 percentage points (see more details here).
A customer service team in an office setting using the company’s Customer 360 platform to communicate with customers.
Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 116
Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM) is a cloud-based CRM company that has gained traction after the launch of its AI-powered platform called Agentforce. On February 18, TipRanks reported that Bank of America Securities analyst Bradley Sills has reiterated their bullish stance on the stock, giving a “Buy” rating and a $440 price target on February 14. Sills’s buy rating comes from the solid performance and growth prospects of its core products and new initiatives. The firm’s checks have revealed strong deal activity as well as a positive outlook for Salesforce’s Sales and Service Clouds.
Moreover, the firm has highlighted that there is additional potential from Agentforce pilots that are gaining traction. Another factor contributing to Salesforce’s growth potential is new use cases for Agentforce, including call summarization and semantic search. The company’s data cloud deals are also growing, powering its AI-powered Agentforce. However, results from Tableau and Slack have been mixed. Nevertheless, the company has a strong sales pipeline and expects to see revenue growth of 9-10% revenue growth in fiscal 2026.
Overall CRM ranks 4th on our list of the buzzing AI stocks dominating headlines. While we acknowledge the potential of CRM 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 CRM but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.
READ NEXT: 20 Best AI Stock To Buy Now and Complete List of All AI Companies Under $2 Billion Market Cap.
Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey.
