<div id="readability-page-1"><ul><li>The Application-Layer Rotation: 3 AI Pure Plays Poised to Win in 2026</li></ul><p>SoundHound AI, Tempus AI,  and BigBear.ai are the three Artificial Intelligence stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Artificial intelligence stocks are shares of companies that develop, produce, or commercialize AI technologies — including AI software and models, cloud and platform services, and the specialized chips or hardware that run them — as well as firms that strategically use AI to drive their core products and operations. For investors, these stocks represent a thematic, growth-oriented segment often characterized by higher volatility and sensitivity to technological breakthroughs, data access, and regulatory or competitive shifts. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Artificial Intelligence stocks within the last several days.</p><div><p><span></span><span>Get <strong>SoundHound AI</strong> alerts:</span></p></div><h2>SoundHound AI (SOUN)</h2><p>SoundHound AI, Inc. develops independent voice artificial intelligence (AI) solutions that enables businesses across automotive, TV, and IoT, and to customer service industries to deliver high-quality conversational experiences to their customers. Its products include Houndify platform that offers a suite of Houndify tools to help brands build conversational voice assistants, such as Application Programming Interfaces (API) for text and voice queries, support for custom commands, extensive library of content domains, inclusive software development kit platforms, collaboration capabilities, diagnostic tools, and built-in analytics; SoundHound Chat AI that integrates with knowledge domains, pulling real-time data like weather, sports, stocks, flight status, and restaurants; and SoundHound Smart Answering is built to offer customer establishments custom AI-powered voice assistant.</p><ul><li>5 High Short-Interest Stocks to Buy Before Q1 2026</li></ul><p>Read Our Latest Research Report on SOUN</p><h2>Tempus AI (TEM)</h2><p>Tempus AI Inc. is a technology company advancing precision medicine through the practical application of artificial intelligence principally in healthcare. The company provides AI-enabled precision medicine solutions to physicians to deliver personalized patient care and in parallel facilitates discovery, development and delivery of optimal therapeutics.</p><ul><li>SoundHound Beat Earnings &amp; Dropped—Here's What Wall Street Missed</li></ul><p>Read Our Latest Research Report on TEM</p><h2>BigBear.ai (BBAI)</h2><p>BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc. provides artificial intelligence-powered decision intelligence solutions. It offers national security, supply chain management, and digital identity and biometrics solutions. The company also provides data ingestion, data enrichment, data processing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, predictive analytics, and predictive visualization solutions and services.</p><p>Read Our Latest Research Report on BBAI</p><h2>Further Reading</h2><ul><li>MarketBeat's Top Five Stocks to Own in January 2026</li><li>Insider Buying: Smart Money Just Spent +$100M on These 3 Stocks</li><li>The Power Bill, the AI Dip, and the Date That Could Flip 2026 Stocks</li><li>CrowdStrike Is Still Best-in-Breed—But 2026 May Be a Tough Trade</li><li>Are These 3 Leading Defensive Stocks Too Crowded Heading Into 2026?</li><li>Reddit Buy Alert: Could It Really Have 40% Upside Potential?</li></ul><p><em>This instant news alert was generated by narrative science technology and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest reporting and unbiased coverage. Please send any questions or comments about this story to contact@marketbeat.com.</em></p><h2>Should You Invest $1,000 in SoundHound AI Right Now?</h2><p>Before you consider SoundHound AI, you'll want to hear this.</p><p>MarketBeat keeps track of Wall Street's top-rated and best performing research analysts and the stocks they recommend to their clients on a daily basis. MarketBeat has identified the five stocks that top analysts are quietly whispering to their clients to buy now before the broader market catches on... and SoundHound AI wasn't on the list.</p><p>While SoundHound AI currently has a Moderate Buy rating among analysts, top-rated analysts believe these five stocks are better buys.</p><p>View The Five Stocks Here</p>                  </div>

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<p>SoundHound AI, Tempus AI, and BigBear.ai are highlighted as key Artificial Intelligence stocks to monitor, according to MarketBeat. These companies are involved in developing AI technologies and solutions across various sectors, including healthcare and customer service. They have shown significant trading volume recently, indicating investor interest. SoundHound AI focuses on voice AI solutions, Tempus AI specializes in precision medicine, and BigBear.ai offers decision intelligence solutions. Investors should consider these stocks for potential growth in the AI sector.</p>

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