
The AI trade has moved in waves—semiconductors, then software, then cloud infrastructure. Each one rewarded early investors and punished latecomers. The next wave is already building, and it has nothing to do with data centers or chatbots. It's edge AI, the technology that puts artificial intelligence directly inside machines. Keith Kaplan, CEO of TradeSmith, has been tracking this shift closely, and he sees three companies across very different risk profiles positioned to ride it.