{"id":379385,"date":"2025-12-30T01:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T01:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/379385\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T01:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T01:31:08","slug":"if-i-could-buy-only-1-asx-stock-to-bet-on-the-ai-boom-in-2026-it-would-be-this-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/379385\/","title":{"rendered":"If I could buy only 1 ASX stock to bet on the AI boom in 2026, it would be this one"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Image source: Getty Images<\/p>\n

Throughout 2025 we saw an unprecedented uptick of interest in artificial intelligence<\/a> (AI). There was rapid adoption of AI across businesses, huge investment in AI infrastructure, and AI-focused<\/a> ASX stocks soared as a result.<\/p>\n

While some concerns about an AI bubble and overevalued stock dampened ASX AI and tech stocks over the past couple of months, annual gains are still significant.<\/p>\n

As we head into 2026, it looks like interest in AI will only continue growing.<\/p>\n

And there is only one ASX stock I’d bet on to boom in 2026.<\/p>\n

The ASX AI stock I think will storm higher in 2026 <\/p>\n

Weebit Nano Ltd (ASX: WBT<\/a>) develops and licenses a new memory technology (Resistive Random-Access Memory, or ReRAM) which is designed to replace traditional Flash memory.<\/p>\n

It’s faster, uses less power and is more reliable. While it’s not primarily an AI stock, it enables AI capability because this new memory technology is used to run AI workloads.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, shares climbed 18.37% to $5.80. Over the course of 2025, Weebit shares have jumped 80.69% although the majority of this was throughout the final quarter of 2025. <\/p>\n

What pushed its share price higher? <\/p>\n

In October, the next-generation computer memory technology company said<\/a> it had made an “exceptionally strong” start to the financial year.<\/p>\n

The company reported record quarterly customer payments of $7.3 million and said it was advancing discussions with multiple semiconductor fabricators. It also said it had received a $4.1 million research and development tax rebate during the first quarter.<\/p>\n

The ASX stock also said it expects the strategic importance of its ReRAM technology to continue growing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Chief Executive Officer Coby Hanoch explained at the time that “very few” fabricators are able to develop the technology in-house. Therefore, Weebit expects the majority of companies will look to strike up licensing deals in order to accelerate their time to market. And this presents a great opportunity for Weebit Nano.<\/p>\n

What’s next for the ASX stock in 2026? <\/p>\n

According to TradingView data, analyst consensus is that Weebit shares are a strong buy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The maximum target price for the next 12 months is $8.07 a piece. At the time of writing this implies the tech stock could climb around 40% in 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n

To me, Weebit’s potential to dominate market share in the memory technology market, and it’s predicted outside suggests it could be a great opportunity amid a 2026 AI boom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image source: Getty Images Throughout 2025 we saw an unprecedented uptick of interest in artificial intelligence (AI). There…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379386,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[256,254,255,64,63,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-379385","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-artificialintelligence","11":"tag-au","12":"tag-australia","13":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}