How to Invest in AI: Artificial Intelligence Stocks & ETFs
Some of the most valuable publicly traded companies — NVIDIA, Microsoft, Alphabet, and Amazon — are simultaneously some of the largest players in artificial intelligence. Yet AI investment opportunities extend far beyond these household names, spanning the entire value chain from semiconductor manufacturers to cloud infrastructure providers and enterprise software platforms.
The AI value chain breaks down into several distinct layers, each with its own set of publicly traded companies:
- Semiconductors & Hardware: NVIDIA (NVDA) designs the GPUs that power AI training and inference, while Broadcom (AVGO) develops custom AI chips for multiple hyperscalers.
- Chip Manufacturing & Equipment: TSMC (TSM), the world’s largest pure-play semiconductor foundry, manufactures the advanced AI chips designed by NVIDIA and others. ASML (ASML) is the only major producer of the extreme ultraviolet lithography equipment needed to fabricate these chips.
- Cloud & Software Platforms: Microsoft offers Azure cloud services and its Copilot AI assistant. Amazon integrates AI across its business and provides machine learning services through AWS. Alphabet has invested in artificial intelligence for more than a decade, including its acquisition of DeepMind in 2014.
- Enterprise AI & Data Analytics: Palantir (PLTR) launched its Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP), while Oracle (ORCL) has shifted its focus toward cloud infrastructure to attract AI workloads. Adobe (ADBE) integrates generative AI through its Firefly model across creative tools.
It’s worth noting that several high-profile AI companies — including OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI — remain privately held and are not directly available to retail investors through public stock exchanges.
For those seeking broader exposure, several ETFs track the AI theme. The Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF (AIQ), established in May 2018, passively tracks roughly 84 companies. BlackRock offers both the iShares Future AI & Tech ETF (ARTY) for passive exposure and the iShares A.I. Innovation & Tech Active ETF (BAI) with active management. The Roundhill Generative AI & Technology ETF (CHAT), launched in May 2023, focuses specifically on companies deriving at least half their revenue from generative AI. You can find a full breakdown on our dedicated AI ETF page.
AI applications reach well beyond technology companies into healthcare, financial services, automotive, retail, agriculture, and manufacturing — making it a theme that cuts across traditional sector boundaries.
Regulated brokerThe table below lists prominent AI-focused stocks and ETFs with live market data, covering everything from semiconductor designers to cloud providers and thematic funds.
| Stock | Price | Change % | Marketcap |
|---|---|---|---|
 Fanuc 6954.T | ¥6,460.00 | 4.41% | 6.03T |
 ABB ABBN.SW | CHF82.34 | 0.83% | 149.35B |
 Accenture ACN | $170.73 | 0.18% | 104.48B |
 Adobe ADBE | $259.32 | 0.71% | 103.08B |
Direxion Daily AI and Big Data Bear 2X Shares AIBD | $48.95 | 2.81% | 0.00000000000000 |
Direxion Daily AI and Big Data Bull 2X Shares AIBU | $65.34 | 1.75% | 0.00000000000000 |
C3 AI AI | $9.91 | 1.39% | 1.54B |
Amplify AI Powered Equity ETF AIEQ | $50.75 | 0.51% | 0.00000000000000 |
TCW Artificial Intelligence ETF AIFD | $52.69 | 0.50% | 0.00000000000000 |
REX AI Equity Premium Income ETF AIPI | $36.69 | 0.60% | 0.00000000000000 |
Airship AI AISP | $1.91 | 2.80% | 65.78M |
Amplify Bloomberg AI Value Chain ETF AIVC | $110.07 | 1.04% | 0.00000000000000 |
WisdomTree International AI Enhanced Value Fund AIVI | $60.36 | 0.17% | 0.00000000000000 |
Astera Labs ALAB | $318.43 | 11.96% | 54.58B |
Alger AI Enablers & Adopters ETF ALAI | $44.89 | 1.12% | 0.00000000000000 |
AMD AMD | $482.05 | 7.04% | 786.03B |
Ambarella AMBA | $81.85 | 0.46% | 3.59B |
 Amazon AMZN | $272.65 | 1.72% | 2.94T |
Arista Networks ANET | $197.31 | 3.57% | 248.45B |
ARK Autonomous Technology & Robotics ETF ARKQ | $122.40 | 1.95% | 0.00000000000000 |
Arm Holdings ARM | $274.58 | 2.13% | 293.25B |
iShares Future AI & Tech ETF ARTY | $72.22 | 1.38% | 0.00000000000000 |
 ASML ASML | $1,678.22 | 1.97% | 644.60B |
Defiance Daily Target 2X Long AVGO ETF AVGX | $55.42 | 0.11% | 0.00000000000000 |
AeroVironment AVAV | $168.06 | 0.57% | 8.51B |
 Broadcom AVGO | $418.28 | 0.03% | 1.99T |
 iShares A.I. Innovation and Tech Active ETF BAI | $44.25 | 2.62% | 0.00000000000000 |
BigBear.ai BBAI | $3.03 | 3.81% | 1.45B |
Baidu BIDU | $111.11 | 1.31% | 37.69B |
Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence ETF BOTZ | $37.30 | 0.57% | 0.00000000000000 |
 Cadence Design Systems CDNS | $337.07 | 1.04% | 92.97B |
Cognex CGNX | $70.71 | 1.13% | 11.77B |
Coherent COHR | $328.22 | 1.39% | 64.21B |
 Salesforce CRM | $192.98 | 1.04% | 158.05B |
CrowdStrike CRWD | $209.86 | 0.64% | 213.69B |
 Draco Evolution AI ETF DRAI | $33.73 | 0.37% | 0.00000000000000 |
 EPAM Systems EPAM | $109.87 | 1.95% | 5.74B |
 First Trust Bloomberg Artificial Intelligence ETF FAI | $53.83 | 1.05% | 0.00000000000000 |
 Guardforce AI GFAI | $0.335 | 3.65% | 10.48M |
Alphabet Inc. GOOGL | $362.43 | 4.03% | 4.43T |
YieldMax AI & Tech Portfolio Option Income ETF GPTY | $42.29 | 1.77% | 0.00000000000000 |
 IBM IBM | $235.92 | 0.33% | 222.27B |
 iShares Robotics and Artificial IRBO | $31.51 | 0.32% | 0.00000000000000 |
Iron Mountain IRM | $127.13 | 1.29% | 37.82B |
Intuitive Surgical ISRG | $375.20 | 1.88% | 134.43B |
 Knightscope KSCP | $1.57 | 3.09% | 27.09M |
Nauticus Robotics KITT | $1.01 | 6.48% | 6.91M |
KLA KLAC | $192.80 | 1.36% | 251.85B |
 Spectral AI, Inc. MDAI | $1.63 | 1.21% | 51.87M |
Meta Platforms (Facebook) META | $588.77 | 0.14% | 1.50T |
Marvell Technology Group MRVL | $211.02 | 3.46% | 189.40B |
 Microsoft MSFT | $487.46 | 1.09% | 3.62T |
 NeuroOne Medical Technologies C NMTC | $1.65 | 2.37% | 14.36M |
ServiceNow NOW | $117.22 | 0.78% | 121.19B |
 NVIDIA NVDA | $219.22 | 3.43% | 5.31T |
NXP Semiconductors NXPI | $231.15 | 2.71% | 58.29B |
 Oracle ORCL | $144.39 | 0.93% | 415.91B |
 One Stop Systems OSS | $13.12 | 8.06% | 324.97M |
Ontrak OTRK | $0.33 | 358.19% | 0.00000000000000 |
 Palo Alto Networks PANW | $362.66 | 1.00% | 295.57B |
UiPath PATH | $13.82 | 1.99% | 7.16B |
Palladyne AI PDYN | $5.97 | 0.50% | 282.05M |
Palantir PLTR | $158.43 | 2.60% | 380.72B |
 Vicarious Surgical RBOT | $0.071 | 2.86% | 509.18K |
Rekor Systems REKR | $0.641 | 7.13% | 88.18M |
ROBO Global Robotics & Automation Index ETF ROBO | $84.37 | 0.04% | 0.00000000000000 |
First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence & Robotics ETF ROBT | $58.15 | 0.48% | 0.00000000000000 |
Rockwell Automation ROK | $450.05 | 1.08% | 50.08B |
Recursion Pharmaceuticals RXRX | $3.17 | 4.23% | 1.68B |
 SAP SAP | $197.33 | 0.94% | 227.76B |
 Supermicro SMCI | $30.32 | 4.32% | 19.61B |
Defiance Daily Target 2X Long SMCI ETF SMCX | $8.50 | 8.70% | 0.00000000000000 |
Snowflake SNOW | $316.84 | 0.02% | 109.82B |
Synopsys SNPS | $400.82 | 0.75% | 76.75B |
SoundHound AI SOUN | $6.43 | 1.23% | 2.80B |
Sprout Social SPT | $8.63 | 1.37% | 518.71M |
Symbotic SYM | $46.52 | 1.98% | 28.08B |
 Atlassian TEAM | $113.32 | 2.73% | 28.76B |
Tempus AI TEM | $46.70 | 0.74% | 8.43B |
SPDR Galaxy Transformative Tech Accelerators ETF TEKX | $66.24 | 1.98% | 0.00000000000000 |
Lazard Next Gen Technologies ET TEKY | $45.22 | 0.37% | 0.00000000000000 |
Teradyne TER | $389.39 | 3.51% | 60.88B |
ROBO Global Artificial Intelligence ETF THNQ | $89.19 | 1.33% | 0.00000000000000 |
 Tesla TSLA | $321.55 | 1.77% | 1.27T |
 TSMC TSM | $414.00 | 0.76% | 2.15T |
The Trade Desk TTD | $18.96 | 1.96% | 8.91B |
Twilio TWLO | $193.22 | 0.43% | 29.33B |
 Direxion Daily Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & Automation Index Bull 2X Shares UBOT | $24.78 | 1.17% | 0.00000000000000 |
Upstart UPST | $30.20 | 0.40% | 2.89B |
 Workday WDAY | $170.64 | 0.38% | 42.14B |
Themes Generative Artificial Intelligence ETF WISE | $36.71 | 2.37% | 0.00000000000000 |
WisdomTree Artificial Intelligence and Innovation Fund WTAI | $41.45 | 1.66% | 0.00000000000000 |
 Xtrackers Artificial Intelligence and Big Data ETF XAIX | $56.00 | 0.59% | 0.00000000000000 |
 Yiren Digital YRD | $1.12 | 2.61% | 97.99M |
 Zebra Technologies ZBRA | $368.99 | 0.04% | 17.58B |