Nvidia (NVDA) and Palantir Technologies (PLTR) have seen their stock prices skyrocket this year, reflecting the accelerated adoption and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) technology across industries.

Shares of Palantir have gained almost 380% this year, and they could still rocket higher by the end of the year.

With AI as a key market driver, Palantir, AppLovin and Astera Labs made this list of the 100 best stocks. Cava also got a seat at the table.

Wedbush analyst Dan Ives is a big fan of tech stock Palantir ($PLTR). In fact, he even called it the “Messi of AI” (referring to the