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12 Fast-Growing AI Stocks to Watch

Some of the fastest growth in AI isn’t happening in chatbots. It’s happening in the chips, memory, cloud infrastructure and data centres required to keep them running.

Watchlist · The AI value chain
12fast-growing AI stocks, mapped by where they sit
Processors
Memory
Moving the data
Computing capacity
Power + cooling
Closer to users
Tap a ticker to jump to that company. Grouping follows The Edit at the end of this article.

Microsoft, Meta and Amazon are spending extraordinary amounts of money on AI.

But you won’t find them on this list.

That’s because we’re looking for something slightly different: listed companies experiencing particularly strong growth from the AI buildout in 2026.

This isn’t a ranking by share-price performance, nor an exhaustive ranking of every listed AI company. Instead, think of it as a map of where AI spending is showing up most clearly in company revenues.

And some of the names may surprise you.

The giants still growing fast

NVDA

NvidiaNasdaq: NVDA

AI exposure: GPUs + computing infrastructure
01
US$96.2BQ2 FY2027 revenue+106%

Nvidia hardly needs an introduction. Its chips provide much of the computing power behind today’s AI models.

What’s remarkable is the growth it’s still producing at its size.

Q2 FY2027 revenue reached US$96.2 billion, up 106% year-on-year, with Data Center revenue alone hitting US$89 billion.

Why growth could continueAI is moving from simply training models towards running them at enormous scale—potentially creating another wave of demand for computing.
The riskExpectations are exceptionally high. Competition from AMD and custom chips developed by Nvidia’s largest customers is also increasing.
AVGO

BroadcomNasdaq: AVGO

AI exposure: Custom AI chips + networking
02
US$16.7BQ3 AI semiconductor revenue+221%

Broadcom may be one of the most important AI companies many consumers have never heard of.

It helps major technology companies design custom AI accelerators and provides the networking technology connecting thousands of chips inside AI data centres.

Q3 AI semiconductor revenue surged 221% year-on-year to US$16.7 billion.

Why growth could continueGoogle, Meta and other hyperscalers increasingly want specialised chips built for their own workloads rather than relying entirely on general-purpose GPUs.
The riskA relatively small number of huge customers drive much of the opportunity. Any slowdown in their AI spending matters.
AMD

AMDNasdaq: AMD

AI exposure: GPUs + CPUs
03
US$11.5BQ2 revenue+50%

AMD is emerging as the most credible large-scale challenger to Nvidia in AI accelerators.

Its Q2 revenue rose 50% to US$11.5 billion, while Data Center revenue more than doubled to US$6.7 billion.

Why growth could continueAMD doesn’t need to dethrone Nvidia. Simply capturing a larger portion of a rapidly expanding AI computing market could create significant growth.
The riskNvidia’s CUDA software ecosystem remains a powerful competitive advantage that hardware alone is difficult to replicate.
GOOGL

AlphabetNasdaq: GOOGL

AI exposure: Gemini + cloud + custom chips
04
US$24.8BQ2 Google Cloud revenue+82%

Google is unusual because it operates across almost every layer of AI: Gemini models, consumer applications, Google Cloud and its own TPU chips.

Q2 Google Cloud revenue surged 82% to US$24.8 billion, while Gemini reached 950 million monthly active users.

Why growth could continueAI could strengthen Google’s cloud business while creating entirely new ways for billions of people to interact with Search.
The riskAI is also disrupting the traditional search model that made Google one of the world’s most profitable companies.

The AI boom’s new winners

MU

MicronNasdaq: MU

AI exposure: High-bandwidth memory
05
US$133.2BFY2026 revenuevs US$37.4B

AI chips need memory—and increasingly enormous amounts of it.

Micron produces high-bandwidth memory (HBM), a critical component sitting alongside advanced AI processors.

Its FY2026 revenue reached US$133.2 billion, compared with US$37.4 billion the previous year, as AI-driven memory demand and pricing surged.

Why growth could continueMore powerful AI systems require more memory per accelerator, creating demand alongside the growth in GPUs.
The riskMemory is historically cyclical. Today’s extraordinary pricing and margins may not last forever.
ORCL

OracleNYSE: ORCL

AI exposure: Cloud infrastructure
06
US$7.4BQuarterly cloud infrastructure revenue+121%

Oracle wasn’t initially viewed as one of the obvious AI winners.

That’s changing quickly.

Its latest quarterly cloud infrastructure revenue jumped 121% to US$7.4 billion, while contracted remaining performance obligations reached US$664 billion.

Why growth could continueAI companies need huge amounts of computing capacity, and demand is currently growing faster than Oracle can build it.
The riskBuilding that capacity requires extraordinary capital expenditure. The question is whether future returns justify today’s spending.
PLTR

PalantirNasdaq: PLTR

AI exposure: Enterprise + government AI software
07
US$1.94BQ2 revenue+93%

Palantir sits much closer to the end user.

Its software helps companies and governments connect data, AI models and real-world operations—from manufacturing to defence.

Q2 revenue increased 93% to US$1.94 billion, while US commercial revenue jumped 149%.

Why growth could continueCompanies are moving from experimenting with AI to asking a harder question: How do we actually use it inside our business? That’s Palantir’s territory.
The riskIts valuation already assumes extraordinary future growth. Expectations leave little room for disappointment.
BABA

AlibabaNYSE · HKEX 9988: BABA

AI exposure: China cloud + AI models
08
+45%Quarterly AI Cloud and Compute Services revenue

Most AI portfolios are heavily tilted towards America.

Alibaba offers a window into the other major AI ecosystem: China.

The company has developed its Qwen models alongside Alibaba Cloud and its own AI infrastructure.

Its latest quarterly AI Cloud and Compute Services revenue rose 45%, while AI-related product revenue has recorded triple-digit growth for 12 consecutive quarters.

Why growth could continueChina represents an enormous independent market for AI adoption across consumers and businesses.
The riskInvestors inherit China’s regulatory environment, US-China technology restrictions and the additional complexity associated with Chinese equities.

The smaller names to know

ALAB

Astera LabsNasdaq: ALAB

AI exposure: Data-centre connectivity
09

Here’s where the AI infrastructure story gets more interesting.

Astera Labs doesn’t make GPUs. It makes technology that helps increasingly powerful processors, memory and other components communicate with each other inside AI data centres.

As AI clusters become larger, moving data efficiently becomes increasingly important.

Why growth could continueMore chips create more connectivity requirements. Astera can potentially grow alongside AI infrastructure regardless of which GPU ultimately dominates.
The riskIt’s a much smaller company operating in a rapidly changing market, with significant customer concentration and competition.
MRVL

Marvell TechnologyNasdaq: MRVL

AI exposure: Custom silicon + networking
10

Marvell is another company benefiting from what happens between the GPUs.

It develops networking technology and custom silicon used inside data centres, giving it exposure to the buildout of increasingly large AI clusters.

Why growth could continueHyperscalers are building their own AI accelerators while simultaneously upgrading the networks connecting them. Marvell has exposure to both trends.
The riskCompetition is intense—including from Broadcom—and demand remains heavily tied to the spending plans of a relatively small group of technology giants.
VRT

VertivNYSE: VRT

AI exposure: Power + cooling
11

One of AI’s biggest problems isn’t software.

It’s electricity.

AI data centres consume enormous amounts of power and generate enormous amounts of heat. Vertiv provides the power management, cooling and infrastructure required to keep those facilities running.

Why growth could continueAs AI chips become more powerful, data centres increasingly require advanced cooling and electrical infrastructure. Every new AI facility creates demand beyond the processors inside it.
The riskVertiv ultimately remains tied to the capital-expenditure cycle. If the pace of AI data-centre construction slows, demand could follow.
NBIS

NebiusNasdaq: NBIS

AI exposure: AI cloud infrastructure
12

Nebius is the smallest—and arguably most speculative—name on this list.

The company builds cloud infrastructure specifically for AI developers, providing access to GPUs and the computing environments needed to train and run models.

Unlike Amazon or Microsoft, it doesn’t have an enormous legacy business surrounding it.

That means AI infrastructure growth can have a much larger impact on the company.

Why growth could continueDemand for GPU computing remains constrained, creating opportunities for specialist AI cloud providers outside the traditional hyperscalers.
The riskScale works both ways. Nebius faces enormous competitors, heavy capital requirements and significantly greater execution risk than the giants on this list.

The growth, side by side

MicronFY2026 revenue vs FY2025
+256%
BroadcomQ3 AI semiconductor revenue
+221%
OracleCloud infrastructure revenue
+121%
NvidiaQ2 FY2027 total revenue
+106%
PalantirQ2 total revenue
+93%
AlphabetQ2 Google Cloud revenue
+82%
AMDQ2 total revenue
+50%
AlibabaAI Cloud and Compute Services
+45%
Year-on-year growth in the figure quoted for each company above, drawn to scale. The measures differ (total revenue, a segment, or a full year), so treat this as a rough comparison. Micron’s growth is calculated from US$133.2B against US$37.4B. Astera Labs, Marvell, Vertiv and Nebius have no figure quoted in this article.

THE EDIT

There’s a pattern running through this list.

Some of AI’s fastest growth is happening behind the screen.

Processors
Nvidia and AMD provide the processors.
Memory
Micron provides the memory.
Moving the data
Broadcom, Marvell and Astera help move the data.
Computing capacity
Oracle and Nebius provide computing capacity.
Power + cooling
Vertiv helps provide the power and cooling required to keep everything running.
Closer to users
Then Alphabet, Alibaba and Palantir sit closer to where businesses and consumers actually use AI.

That’s useful for investors because buying an “AI stock” can mean exposure to completely different economics and risks.

For Singapore investors, there’s another consideration: you may already own several of the biggest names through an S&P 500, Nasdaq-100 or global technology ETF. Buying them individually can increase concentration rather than diversification.

And the fastest-growing company isn’t automatically the best investment.

Rapid growth can attract extraordinary valuations. Smaller companies can offer greater upside if they execute—but considerably greater downside if expectations aren’t met.

So rather than asking simply which AI stock will win?, we think there are two better questions:

Where in the AI value chain is the money flowing fastest?

And perhaps more importantly:

How much of that future growth are investors already paying for today?

This list is not ranked by investment preference or expected return. It highlights selected listed companies showing strong AI-related business or revenue growth in 2026.

This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell any security.

Financial data based on the latest reported results available as at 6 October 2026.

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