DigitalOcean Holdings (DOCN) stock has been performing well this year, driven by strong earnings and growing optimism around its artificial intelligence (AI)- focused cloud offerings. Unlike giants such as Amazon's (AMZN) Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft's (MSFT) Azure, DigitalOcean specializes in serving developers, startups, and small to mid-size businesses, offering simple, scalable, and cost-effective cloud solutions tailored to this niche. Adding fuel to the rally were recent takeover rumors th ...