Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Palantir (NASDAQ: PLTR) have been two of the best-performing stocks on the market this year, and artificial intelligence is the major reason. Nvidia needs little introduction at this point.

Wedbush analyst Dan Ives is a big fan of tech stock Palantir ($PLTR). In fact, he even called it the “Messi of AI” (referring to the

With AI as a key market driver, Palantir, AppLovin and Astera Labs made this list of the 100 best stocks. Cava also got a seat at the table.

Shares of Palantir have gained almost 380% this year, and they could still rocket higher by the end of the year.