Scotiabank Initiates Coverage on monday.com Ltd. (MNDY) with Outperform Rating and $325 Price Target, Highlighting AI Growth Potential

We recently compiled a list of the 10 Emerging AI Stocks You Should Keep on Your Radar. In this article, we are going to take a look at where monday.com Ltd. (NASDAQ:MNDY) stands against the other AI stocks you should keep on your radar.

Building the Future of AI in the U.S.

As reported by CNBC on November 13, OpenAI’s “blueprint for U.S. AI infrastructure” outlines plans for AI economic zones, utilizing the U.S. Navy’s nuclear expertise, and attracting private investment in government projects. The proposal includes a North American AI alliance to compete with China and a National Transmission Highway Act to modernize the grid. OpenAI views AI as a transformative technology, driving job creation, economic growth, and advancements in energy and chip manufacturing.

The blueprint recommends speeding up permitting processes and creating research hubs at public universities. It also calls for expanding energy and fiber connectivity with government-backed funding. OpenAI highlights the Midwest and Southwest as ideal areas for AI development, with a focus on renewable energy and data centers. The plan emphasizes the need for 50 gigawatts of energy by 2030 to support AI growth and proposes small modular reactors to expand nuclear power capacity.

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The Road Ahead for AI in Business

CNBC recently discussed the future of AI with Kunle Olukotun, co-founder and chief technologist at SambaNova Systems. The discussion centered on the growing demand for AI in 2025, with major tech companies continuing to invest heavily in infrastructure. While these companies are shifting from AI experimentation to deployment, there’s a significant focus on the transition from training models to using them in real-world applications. This change is leading to more complex AI systems, which integrate multiple models for business automation.

Kunle Olukotun expects that in 2025, businesses will move beyond pilot phases, widely adopting AI systems that involve more complex reasoning and interactions, rather than simple chatbots. The key to this shift will be rapid inference capabilities.

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monday.com Ltd. (NASDAQ:MNDY)

Market Capitalization: $12.976 billion

monday.com Ltd. (NASDAQ:MNDY) is an Israel-based company that develops software applications globally, offering a cloud-based Work OS for creating work management tools.

The company serves organizations, educational institutions, government bodies, and business units. It has also launched monday AI to improve the WorkOS platform and enable users to create customized workflows with AI capabilities.

Scotiabank’s Allan Verkhovski began coverage of monday.com (NASDAQ:MNDY) with an Outperform rating and a $325 price target. He noted the software sector’s recent recovery after a challenging year, highlighting opportunities for gains in leading companies and those set to benefit from artificial intelligence. Verkhovski emphasized the importance of selective stock picking, given investor focus on semiconductors and skepticism about the long-term viability of some software businesses.

Overall MNDY ranks 5th on our list of AI stocks you should keep on your radar. While we acknowledge the potential of MNDY 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 timeframe. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than MNDY but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.

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Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey.