We recently published a list of 15 Trending AI Stocks on Latest News and Ratings. In this article, we are going to take a look at where POET Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:POET) stands against other trending AI stocks on latest news and ratings.
When BlackRock, the investment titan with more than $10 trillion in assets under management, invests in something, the finance world pays close attention. This is why Pyramid Analytics, an AI business analytics firm, has been in the news. According to a report by news agency Reuters, the startup recently raised more than $50 million in funding from the investment management firm. Pyramid Analytics operates an AI-powered platform that uses a combination of machine learning and AI to simplify processes and data analysis for clients. Some of the prominent clients of the startup include the US Food and Drug Administration, as well as Hallmark, Deloitte and Volkswagen.
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Meanwhile, AI markets in Europe were brimming with enthusiasm over the blockbuster debut of LightOn, a GenAI startup based in France, on the Euronext Growth market in Paris. The shares of the firm jumped close to 10% during the initial public offering. The startup builds large language models for businesses and institutions. It was valued at around $65 million in the IPO. AI startups have been fetching soaring valuations on market debuts. They have also been raising hundreds of millions in funding through financing rounds led by venture capital firms as the AI boom sweeps markets around the globe.
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For this article, we selected AI stocks by combing through news articles, stock analysis, and press releases. These stocks are also popular among hedge funds. Why are we interested in the stocks that hedge funds pile into? The reason is simple: our research has shown that we can outperform the market by imitating the top stock picks of the best hedge funds. Our quarterly newsletter’s strategy selects 14 small-cap and large-cap stocks every quarter and has returned 275% since May 2014, beating its benchmark by 150 percentage points (see more details here).
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POET Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:POET)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 5
POET Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:POET) designs, develops, manufactures, and sells discrete and integrated opto-electronic solutions in Canada, the United States, Singapore, and China. The optoelectronic products marketed by the firm can help convert data from electric signals to light signals to be transmitted through optical wires. This allows for higher data transfer bandwidths, lower loss, and simpler cooling needs, especially within AI data centers. The company recently announced that the board of directors had approved the voluntary delisting of common shares from the TSX Venture Exchange.
Overall, POET ranks 15th on our list of trending AI stocks on latest news and ratings. While we acknowledge the potential of POET as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns, and doing so within a shorter time frame. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than POET but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.
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