Many artificial intelligence (AI) stocks have generated fantastic gains for investors over the past couple of years. Even if you didn't invest early in this trend, you still could have made good returns last year by investing in some top performing AI stocks.

But as we've witnessed from previous next-big-thing technologies, not all stocks are necessarily going to be winners. As we steam ahead into 2025 and the practical application of this game-changing technology comes into full focus, two unstoppable AI stocks stand out as no-brainer buys, while another highflier is worth avoiding.

Rather than focusing on quarterly earnings beats or temporary market sentiment, my investment strategy centers on identifying companies that can compound value over many years or even decades. While many view the current AI boom skeptically,

SoundHound AI has been one of the best-performing stocks on the market in the past year, registering stunning gains of 936% as of this writing, thanks to a combination of factors. SoundHound took off big time in February last year after it emerged that artificial intelligence (AI) giant Nvidia has a small stake in the company.

Artificial intelligence continued to be a driving force behind stock market returns in 2024. Here are some of the stocks that have benefited the most.

SentinelOne (NYSE: S) went public with a bang in 2021. SentinelOne stock has recovered from its low point, but it remains around 70% below its record high. SentinelOne believes machines can respond to incidents faster than humans,

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and the excitement around their potential drove the stock prices of some of the biggest companies in the world higher in 2024. But not eve