The 5 AI stocks Dan Ives thinks will define 2026

Dan Ives is doubling down on artificial intelligence heading into 2026, arguing that investor excitement (and anxiety) around the scale of the AI buildout points to a pivotal year for the technology and the stocks most exposed to it. The Wedbush analyst said 2026 is shaping up as an “inflection point year” for the AI revolution, with the US maintaining a rare leadership edge over China in technology even as the trillions of dollars required to fully deploy AI across enterprises and consumers continue to unn ...