AI Stock Categories

Every layer of the AI buildout, ranked by market value and performance.

Layers of the AI buildout with stock count, total market cap, AI-exposed market cap, and 24 hour and 7 day change
#CategoryStocksMarket Capâ–ŧAI-Exposed Cap24h7d
1🧠Foundation Models19$25.50T$15.61T+0.92%-0.32%
2â˜ī¸Cloud & Hyperscalers41$19.38T$14.22T+1.13%-2.06%
3🔲Semiconductors66$17.47T$11.75T+2.69%65 of 66 stocks-7.74%65 of 66 stocks
4đŸ› ī¸AI Software & Platforms36$12.71T$8.26T-0.12%+2.67%
5đŸ’ģAI Applications53$7.95T$5.03T-0.18%52 of 53 stocks-0.02%52 of 53 stocks
6🤖Robotics & Automation44$6.84T$2.99T+0.76%43 of 44 stocks+1.30%43 of 44 stocks
7🚗Autonomous Vehicles39$6.55T$5.39T+3.05%-8.42%
8🏭Chip Equipment & Foundries38$4.41T$2.85T+5.21%37 of 38 stocks-8.79%37 of 38 stocks
9đŸ›Ąī¸Defense & Aerospace AI45$3.11T$1.13T+5.66%44 of 45 stocks-4.04%44 of 45 stocks
10đŸĨAI Healthcare34$2.76T$450.41B-0.65%-1.45%
11💾Memory & Storage9$2.09T$1.52T+3.17%-19.45%
12⚡Power & Energy62$1.84T$635.05B+1.82%-9.13%
13đŸĸData Centers & Hardware65$1.78T$847.60B+2.89%64 of 65 stocks-9.98%64 of 65 stocks
14â›ī¸Raw Materials & Mining37$1.56T$359.73B+0.58%-2.00%
15🔌Utilities & Grid42$1.34T$450.66B+0.32%-2.54%
16🔒Cybersecurity AI25$1.32T$408.22B-0.32%-10.48%
17🔗Networking & Optics24$887.86B$588.84B+5.03%-9.75%
18â„ī¸Cooling & Thermal10$423.01B$200.36B+1.53%-6.97%
19âš›ī¸Quantum Computing12$342.77B$127.61B+2.25%-2.65%
20🤝AI Services10$273.80B$91.99B-1.61%+0.56%
21đŸŒŠī¸Neoclouds23$180.29B$124.34B+6.97%-7.94%
22🔧EMS & Manufacturing9$110.87B$68.84B+2.42%-16.42%

Stocks can belong to multiple categories, so category totals overlap. AI-Exposed Cap weights each stock by its AI Exposure Score.

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Raw Materials & Mining

Copper, rare earths, uranium, lithium, and the miners supplying the physical inputs of the AI and data center buildout.

37 stocks

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Power & Energy

Independent power producers, nuclear and SMRs, natural gas, generators, fuel cells, and storage generating the power behind AI data centers.

62 stocks

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Utilities & Grid

Regulated utilities with data-center demand, transmission and distribution, grid equipment, and the electrical contractors wiring the buildout.

42 stocks

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Chip Equipment & Foundries

Semiconductor manufacturing equipment, materials, and the foundries that fabricate the chips of the AI era.

38 stocks

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Semiconductors

Companies designing AI chips, GPUs, and specialized processors powering AI workloads.

66 stocks

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Memory & Storage

HBM, DRAM, NAND, and enterprise storage: the memory layer feeding data-hungry AI compute.

9 stocks

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Networking & Optics

Switches, interconnects, optics, and photonics moving data inside and between AI clusters.

24 stocks

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Data Centers & Hardware

Data center REITs, operators, developers, and the server and rack hardware housing the world's AI compute.

65 stocks

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Cooling & Thermal

Chillers, liquid cooling, HVAC, and thermal management keeping AI data centers within operating temperature.

10 stocks

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EMS & Manufacturing

Contract manufacturers building the AI servers, switches, racks, and circuit boards of the buildout.

9 stocks

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Neoclouds

GPU-first cloud providers and AI compute specialists renting out the picks and shovels of the supercycle.

23 stocks

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Cloud & Hyperscalers

Hyperscale cloud platforms delivering AI compute, models, and services at global scale.

41 stocks

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Quantum Computing

Companies building quantum computers and selling access to them, a long-horizon bet on compute that classical machines cannot deliver.

12 stocks

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Foundation Models

Companies that train their own foundation models, the large general-purpose systems other software is built on. Using someone else's model does not count.

19 stocks

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AI Software & Platforms

Enterprise AI platforms, developer tools, and data infrastructure software.

36 stocks

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AI Applications

The application layer: software products with AI at the core of what the user touches.

53 stocks

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AI Services

Consultancies, integrators, and data-services firms whose business is building and deploying AI for other companies. They sell work, not product.

10 stocks

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Cybersecurity AI

AI-powered threat detection, security analytics, and cyber defense platforms.

25 stocks

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Robotics & Automation

AI-powered robots, humanoids, drones, and industrial automation systems.

44 stocks

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Autonomous Vehicles

Self-driving technology companies and AI-powered transportation systems.

39 stocks

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AI Healthcare

Companies applying AI to drug discovery, diagnostics, and healthcare delivery.

34 stocks

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Defense & Aerospace AI

Military, space, and defense applications of artificial intelligence and autonomous systems.

45 stocks