These companies are already leading the way in AI adoption. Businesses that effectively adopt AI could reduce costs and increase profits. 

AI adopters

McKinsey estimates that AI will add between $17.1 trillion and $25.6 trillion in economic value. The firm's recent AI report highlighted 3 industries that should especially benefit from increased productivity resulting from generative AI: banking, high tech, and retail.

Early AI adopters won't necessarily be the biggest beneficiaries of the technology. It's also possible that factors outside of AI could cause the stocks of early adopters to underperform.

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