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AI productivity gains could broaden beyond infrastructure stocks

Goldman Sachs says investors have leaned toward AI infrastructure plays rather than companies positioned to benefit from productivity gains.

MarketWatch highlights Goldman Sachs research suggesting the market is starting to look beyond artificial intelligence infrastructure and toward potential productivity beneficiaries as AI adoption spreads.

According to the firm, investors so far have focused more on AI infrastructure plays than on stocks that could capture gains from AI-driven productivity improvements.

The analysis points to a set of 20 stocks it considers positioned to benefit as the productivity payoff arrives.

The report frames this shift as a possible next phase in how investors allocate to the AI theme, from building AI to realizing productivity outcomes.

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