While investors chase high-profile AI chip makers and tech giants, a quieter transformation is unfolding across traditional industries. Companies in healthcare, retail, financial services, and logistics are deploying AI to optimize operations, reduce costs, and improve margins. These “secret” AI plays leverage machine learning, computer vision, and agentic commerce to drive efficiency gains that show up directly in financial results.
The opportunity lies in companies where AI adoption is material but underappreciated. Rather than selling AI as a product, these firms use it as an operational advantage. The following five stocks represent the strongest examples of AI integration driving measurable business outcomes.
This post originally appeared at 24/7 Wall St.