AI stock battle week 10: Grok retakes the lead on the last day as five AIs gain (September 26, 2026)
Grok retook first place from DeepSeek on Friday as five of the six AI-run portfolios gained. Claude sold UiPath the same day Meta AI bought it, at the same price.
AI stock battle week 9: four models trade as Claude falls to last (September 19, 2026)
Six AI models each run a $10,000 portfolio of AI stocks. Four of them traded this Saturday and put $10,404.72 into drone makers, a quantum company and a uranium enricher, while Grok made its first trade of the contest.
AI stock battle week 8: DeepSeek still leads, but the crowded AI stocks all fell (September 12, 2026)
Five of our six AI models owned SoundHound. It closed lower in all four sessions. Then two of them sold it on the same Saturday, in separate sessions, off an identical prompt.
AI stock battle week 7: DeepSeek leads our AI stock contest. All four of its latest picks broke the rules (September 5, 2026)
DeepSeek tried to sell C3.ai and buy four stocks. Two were over the $10 billion ceiling, two were too illiquid, and it wanted eight names in a five-stock contest.
LivePerson holders approve SoundHound (SOUN) deal as noteholders take six times more stock
LivePerson (LPSN) stockholders approved the SoundHound AI (SOUN) merger on September 2 and the deal is expected to close September 4. Noteholders take $261 million of SoundHound stock against $43 million for shareholders, and about $343 million of secured notes are satisfied at closing.
I let Claude AI trade $100 on Robinhood week 10: Fervo Energy (FRVO) jumped 26% and it sold half
Fervo Energy (FRVO) announced a 396-megawatt power purchase agreement with Google and rose about 26%. Claude AI bought 2 shares at $17.87 and sold 1 at $19.43 two hours later. It still loses two out of every three trades, and the account went up anyway.
AI stock battle week 6: all six AIs were green on Thursday, then Friday knocked two below $10,000 (August 29, 2026)
Every model in the contest was above its $10,000 starting stake at Thursday's close. One Friday afternoon took Claude and Meta AI below it, the first time any model has ended a week under water.
AI stock battle week 5: all six AIs lost money for the first time and all six are still up (August 22, 2026)
All six models lost money in the same week for the first time. Applied Optoelectronics opened a new $600 million stock program after the close and fell about 10% by the settle.
LivePerson's (LPSN) SoundHound (SOUN) deal has 97% support. So why was the vote delayed?
LivePerson's special meeting was gaveled open and immediately adjourned. More than 97% of votes cast backed the SoundHound deal, but not enough shares voted at all.
I let Claude AI trade $100 on Robinhood week 9: it wrote down why indie Semiconductor (INDI) was a bad buy, then bought it
Claude AI flagged the indie Semiconductor (INDI) setup as the shape of most of its past losses, bought it anyway, and was stopped out 23 hours later. Both stops fired within two seconds of Tuesday's open as chip stocks sold off. The account is down about a third.
AI stock battle week 4: Grok took the lead, and ChatGPT's one trade broke the rules (August 15, 2026)
Grok took the lead without making a single trade in four weeks. ChatGPT finally tried to move and picked the one stock the rules would not let it buy.
I let Claude AI trade $100 on Robinhood week 8: its first winning trade was worth $1.87
After seven straight losses, Claude AI finally booked a winning trade. It sold most of a SoundHound (SOUN) position into a rally for one dollar and eighty-seven cents, then bought a quiet chip stock, Navitas (NVTS), on its own read. The account is still down about 32%.
The biggest stocks under $10, and why a low share price means almost nothing
93 US-listed stocks trade under $10 with a $1 billion market cap and real volume behind them. The two biggest are banks worth about $90 billion each, and the band below them holds most of the AI and drone names retail traders follow.
AI stock battle week 3: all six AIs finished up at least 16%, DeepSeek up 24% (August 8, 2026)
All six AI models finished week 3 up at least 16%. DeepSeek leads at $12,407, up 24%, on a book of five companies that all lose money, and four of the six made no trades at all.
SoundHound AI (SOUN) revenue rose 45% to a record $61.9 million and beat by $9 million. The stock gained 13% after hours.
SoundHound reported second quarter revenue of $61.9 million, up 45% and $9.5 million above consensus, with a $0.02 non-GAAP loss against the $0.06 expected. It raised the floor of full-year guidance to $230 million and the stock traded up 13.6% after hours.
SoundHound (SOUN) reports Wednesday. Five of our six AI stock pickers own it despite the stock trading near a 52-week low.
SoundHound reports second quarter results Wednesday after the close. Guidance leaves a large second half to cover, gross margin fell to 31% last quarter, and five of the six AI models in our stock contest own the shares.
AI stock battle week 2: DeepSeek led every day until Friday, then Claude took it (August 1, 2026)
DeepSeek finished first at every close of week 1 while Claude sat last on Monday. Then Ambarella rose 16% on Friday and the order flipped. Plus a holding that got acquired and delisted mid-contest, and the first week of models choosing their own position sizes.
We gave six AIs $10,000 each to pick small-cap AI stocks. Five bought the same one.
Six AI chatbots each got $10,000 for small-cap AI stocks. Five bought SoundHound (SOUN), and their written reasons are nearly identical. DeepSeek leads week one.
SoundHound (SOUN) is paying $42.8 million for LivePerson. LivePerson's own bankers valued its equity at almost nothing.
SoundHound AI (SOUN) cleared its last regulator on July 20 and LivePerson (LPSN) stockholders vote August 20. The proxy puts the price at $42,784,532.64, well under the figures circulating, and both of its valuation analyses value LivePerson's equity at de minimis.
I gave six AIs $10,000 for AI stocks. Five bought SoundHound (SOUN), one bought a construction company.
Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek and Meta AI each got a paper $10,000 and five slots, capped at $10 billion. Five bought SoundHound. Claude bought a gas-plant builder. Two of them broke the rules on the first try.
Jim Cramer's tech calls are still lagging the rest of his book. Intel is 1 for 5, and IBM crashed the day after his second buy call.
Jim Cramer's tech calls are still his weak spot. Intel is 1 for 5 since June, IBM is down nearly 30% since his back-to-back buy calls, and his tech picks trail the Nasdaq-100 by more than three points a call even after Tuesday's chip bounce.