Many AI stocks are ruling the market these days.
The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution offers a wealth of investment opportunities, not to mention the potential for large-scale economic transformation and productivity improvements. Companies ranging from small startups to the world’s largest corporate giants are investing heavily in AI research and infrastructure in an effort to keep up with the global technology race.
This strong institutional support is expected to accelerate development and adoption and create a favorable and stable environment for AI-focused companies in the long term. While not all AI stocks will be winners, focusing on quality companies with robust competitive advantages and a strong financial foundation can allow you to capitalize on the future of this sector that is still in its early stages.
If you have $2,000 to invest, here are three AI stocks you can buy and hold for at least 10 years.
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1. Alphabet
Alphabet‘S (GOOGL 0.20%) (GOOG 0.23%) A full-stack AI ecosystem, a massive data moat, dominant market positions in search and cloud, and significant financial strength continue to provide an enviable tailwind for this giant company. Alphabet has an end-to-end AI infrastructure, including its internal AI chips (Tensor Processing Units or TPUs), the foundational Gemini models, the Google Cloud platform and a huge range of user-facing products including Search, YouTube and Android.
TPUs are application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) designed specifically for neural network mathematics, making them efficient for AI training and inference, unlike more general graphics processing units (GPUs). Not only are TPUs the backbone of Google’s AI, running core products like Google Search and training massive models like Gemini, but they also deliver remarkable cost savings and improve internal performance.
By developing its own silicon, Alphabet can decouple itself from external chip supply chains and prices to gain greater control and scale for AI development. Google Cloud now offers TPUs as a service, also making Alphabet a major player in the lucrative AI hardware market beyond just a consumer of chips.
Today’s change
(-0.20%)$-0.62
Current price
$313.47
Key data points
Market capitalization
$3.8T
Day range
$312.27 -$315.10
Range of 52 weeks
$140.53 -$328.83
Volume
475K
Avg. full
36M
Gross margin
59.18%
Dividend yield
0.26%
User interaction data from Search and YouTube is used to train and refine AI models, providing another sustainable competitive advantage for the broader business ecosystem. Importantly, AI drives Google search traffic and optimizes ad placements. Search is the company’s main cash driver and still represents more than half of the company’s total revenue.
Google is the default search engine on most devices, giving Alphabet an extensive distribution network to implement and refine new AI features. Other ventures, such as Waymo (autonomous driving) and AI-powered healthcare research through subsidiary Verily, are more emerging sources of long-term growth potential and demonstrate Alphabet’s commitment to AI innovation.
Alphabet remains consistently profitable (net profit rose 33% in the third quarter alone) and generates significant cash flow, which is typically invested in AI infrastructure, data centers and research. The company remains a compelling and reliable player in the AI space that long-term investors can buy, hold, and grow for years to come.
2. SoundHound
Sound dog (SOUND 1.83%) specializes in developing and delivering independent voice and conversational artificial intelligence solutions for companies across industries. This allows companies to integrate customized, natural-sounding voice assistants into their products, services and apps. Instead of a two-step process of converting speech to text and then processing it, SoundHound’s technology understands both speech and intent in one step, enabling faster and more accurate responses.
These solutions are used in multiple sectors. SoundHound has expanded beyond its original automotive focus (e.g., collaborating with Stellar) in areas such as restaurants (e.g. Chipotle Mexican GrillFive Guys, White Castle, Jersey Mike’s) to reduce dependence on a single customer. For example, restaurants use SoundHound’s platform to automate phone and drive-thru orders, manage complex menu changes, and answer customer questions about business hours.
SoundHound also provides AI agents for customer service across several industries, including healthcare, financial services, and insurance. The company generates revenue from subscription fees for its software solutions, commissions from voice-enabled commercial interactions and by licensing its technology to partners.
Today’s change
(-1.83%)$-0.20
Current price
$10.70
Key data points
Market capitalization
$4.5 billion
Day range
$10.52 -$10.92
Range of 52 weeks
$6.52 -$11:50 p.m
Volume
18M
Avg. full
36M
Gross margin
30.02%
SoundHound’s third quarter 2025 revenue of $42 million represented a 68% increase from a year ago. However, SoundHound has never posted an annual profit, continues to report substantial GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) net losses, and its core businesses are still making money. That’s why the stock has been hit so hard lately.
Still, SoundHound’s partnerships with major brands and acquisitions of companies like Amelia (an AI platform for business agents) and Interactions (an AI platform for customer service) have strengthened its market position, expanded its customer base, and added new capabilities that could deliver generous growth tailwinds. SoundHound reported a significant contract backlog of approximately $1.2 billion at the end of 2024.
And unlike major technology competitors (AmazonGoogling, and Apple) whose voice AI solutions are connected to their ecosystems, SoundHound offers white-label, customizable solutions that allow companies to maintain full brand control and data privacy and provide a key selling point for these enterprises. If you believe in that value proposition and have the risk tolerance to invest in a more pure, AI-driven company, SoundHound could be worth taking at least a small position over the next decade.
3. Amplitude
Amplitude (AMPL 0.08%) is a digital analytics platform that helps companies understand how customers use their digital products to improve user experiences and drive revenue growth. The company has fully embraced AI by launching a range of AI agents and features that automate data analysis and generate actionable insights for customers.
Amplitude’s AI agents are autonomous AI tools that monitor user behavior, detect problems (such as declining conversion rates), form hypotheses, and suggest or even implement optimizations for things like the checkout process or feature adoption. The AI Feedback Solution is an AI-native tool that synthesizes customer feedback from various sources (e.g. calls, reviews, tickets) to instantly develop themes, connect them to user behavior and help companies develop better features.
After some post-pandemic headwinds, Amplitude’s growth has started to accelerate again, with recent quarters showing solid revenue growth and annual recurring revenue (ARR). Amplitude reported excellent results in the third quarter of 2025, with ARR of $347 million, up 16% year-over-year, and remaining performance obligation (RPO) of $391.9 million, up 37% year-over-year.
Today’s change
(-0.08%)$-0.01
Current price
$11.93
Key data points
Market capitalization
$1.6 billion
Day range
$11.85 -$12:00 noon
Range of 52 weeks
$7.55 -$14.88
Volume
588K
Avg. full
1.3 million
Gross margin
73.86%
Amplitude’s business model is a freemium layered software-as-a-service framework focused on product analytics. It uses a land-and-expand strategy, acquiring customers through a robust free tier and scaling revenue as they grow and adopt more advanced platform capabilities. Companies everywhere various industries, including prominent names such as Walmart, AtlassianAnd Shopify, as well as growth phase disruptors such as DoorDash And Coin baseuse Amplitude to understand and improve the behavior of their users their digital products.
The company has a diverse base of more than 4,500 customers and a growing number of large corporate customers. The cohort of customers with $100,000 or more in ARR increased 15% year over year in the third quarter. Total revenue grew 18% year over year in the third quarter of 2025.
While Amplitude continues to post a GAAP net loss, it is cash flow positive and expects to achieve full-year 2025 non-GAAP operating income. It generated free cash flow of $3.4 million in the third quarter. If the company’s AI platform continues to make progress, it could play a major role in the evolving AI revolution. That’s a value proposition that some long-term investors may want to take advantage of.
