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The AI productivity payoff is coming. Here are 20 stocks primed to capture the gains as adoption spreads.

MarketWatch · August 17, 2026 at 6:48 AM

The AI productivity payoff is coming. Here are 20 stocks primed to capture the gains as adoption spreads.

So far investors have been focused on artificial-intelligence infrastructure plays rather than productivity beneficiaries, says Goldman Sachs.

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The AI productivity payoff is coming. Here are 20 stocks primed to capture the gains as adoption spreads.

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