Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives, known for his colorful attire and ultra-positive coverage of tech stocks, has ranked his top names linked to the artificial-intelligence trade as Wall Street gears up to head into 2026. While Nvidia —the leading supplier of semiconductors for an “AI revolution” that Ives says is just getting started—remains a winner in tech, Wedbush’s report focused on other players in the space. One name is Microsoft The company, known best for its Windows operating system, Microsoft Office suite, and Xbox videogame consoles, has pushed increasingly into artificial intelligence.