As AI has evolved this year a landscape of early winners is already emerging. There are pure picks and shovels plays, like NVIDIA (NVDA)...and over the past month Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). And then there are companies that use AI in their products, some of the large names here include Microsoft (MSFT) and Google (GOOGL).
And then there are companies that are embracing AI, using it in their products, and actually making it one of the cornerstones of their business. Upwork (UPWK) is one such company. Not only is the company using AI internally, but its teaching the users of its platform AI skills, and working as a third party intermediary, its traditional role, to connect AI experts with those seeking AI expertise.
