3 No-Brainer AI Stocks to Buy Right Now

Key Points

• Palantir is growing rapidly and has the potential to become one of the largest companies in the world.

• Amazon is using AI to become more efficient, while AWS remains a solid growth driver.

• Alphabet is changing the narrative, demonstrating that it is becoming an AI winner.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is quickly becoming the primary growth engine behind some of the market's best growth stories. It's not about hype anymore, as AI is starting to reshape the world we live in.

Let's look at three no-brainer AI stocks to buy right now.

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1. Palantir

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) made its mark in the government sector after 9/11, providing advanced data analytics to agencies that required rapid solutions. That core business remains strong, but the company's biggest opportunity is now in the commercial sector. Its Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP) takes data from countless sources, organizes it into an "ontology," and makes it usable for AI models. The result is that its platform can provide actionable insights that can solve real-world problems across industries.

The company is seeing AIP being adopted in the commercial space at a blistering pace. Palantir's U.S. commercial revenue jumped 93% last quarter, while its remaining deal value more than doubled to $2.79 billion. Its customer count climbed 64% year over year, yet most are still early in their AIP journey. AIP is essentially becoming an operating system for AI, and its breadth of use cases just gives Palantir an enormous runway for growth ahead.

The company is also firing on all cylinders on the government side as well, as the U.S. government begins to embrace AI. Its U.S. government revenue surged 53% to $426 million in Q2, with the company winning business across civil, intel, and defense contracts. A recent 10-year, $10 billion U.S. Army contract shows how much of a leader Palantir has become in the defense industry.

While Palantir's valuation is high, the company's growth only continues to accelerate. As a true leader in AI, it has the opportunity to grow into one of the largest companies in the world.

2. Amazon

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is building one of the most powerful AI operations in the world. In logistics, it's using AI to decide where products should be stored, map faster delivery routes, and even guide drivers to hard-to-find drop-off spots in places like large apartment complexes. It also has more than a million AI robots deployed in its warehouses, including advanced models that can detect damaged goods, handle odd-shaped packages, and repair themselves. It's also introduced a new AI model called DeepFleet that coordinates these robots to move products more efficiently through its warehouses.

This is helping lead to strong operating leverage in its e-commerce business. This was on display in Q2, as its North America operating income surged 47% last quarter on just 11% revenue growth. Its high-margin advertising business is another bright spot, growing 23% year over year. Here, the company is using AI to improve targeting, bidding, and creative ad generation.

In cloud computing, Amazon Web Services (AWS) remains the market leader and is becoming a critical AI platform. Bedrock and SageMaker make it easier for customers to build and run AI models on its infrastructure, while its custom-built chips give AWS a cost edge as AI workloads grow. It's also introduced new tools like Strands and AgentCore to help customers safely build and run AI agents. The company is investing heavily in AI infrastructure to meet surging demand, a strategy that should drive strong returns for years.

Between a leaner, more profitable e-commerce business and a market-leading cloud unit, Amazon has two growth engines. The company's willingness to invest heavily for the future remains one of its strongest advantages, and the biggest reason to own the stock for the long haul.

3. Alphabet

One AI stock that often gets overlooked is Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG). The idea that AI would hurt Google Search hasn't panned out. AI Overviews are driving more user engagement, with more than 2 billion people now using them monthly, and search queries are climbing worldwide. Search revenue grew 12% last quarter, an acceleration that shows the strategy is working. Meanwhile, AI Mode and the Gemini app are only just beginning to scale up.

Google Cloud is firing on all cylinders as well, with revenue up 32% in Q2 and operating profit more than doubling. AI demand is a big driver, as customers use Google's Vertex platform to build and deploy AI models on its infrastructure. Meanwhile, its custom AI chips, Tensor Processing Units, can help run workloads more efficiently and are seeing increased adoption. Even with Alphabet planning to spend $85 billion in data center-related capital expenditures this year, its cloud computing capacity is expected to stay tight into 2026, a sign that demand remains high.

In addition, YouTube is holding up nicely, with ad revenue rising 13% and Shorts bringing in new ad opportunities. Waymo, meanwhile, is rolling out into more cities, while the company is also investing in quantum computing.

For a company growing double-digits across multiple divisions, Alphabet's valuation is surprisingly low. It trades at a forward price-to-earnings ratio of around 20 times 2025 analyst estimates, and a forward price/earnings-to-growth ratio (PEG) of 0.85. (Stocks with PEG ratios below 1 are usually regarded as undervalued.) It's a stock that offers both growth and value, and it has the greatest potential to be one of the biggest long-term AI winners in the market.

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Geoffrey Seiler has positions in Alphabet. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Alphabet, Amazon, and Palantir Technologies. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.