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The ‘Oracle of Omaha’ — Warren Buffett is not invested in any pure-play artificial intelligence (AI) companies, but he holds these five stocks via Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK) (NYSE:BRK), which leverage AI in their businesses on scale.
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What Happened: While the companies that Buffett holds via Berkshire don’t directly make or create AI-related products or services, about 55.77% of the value of its total $258.701 billion portfolio is invested in these five firms, leveraging AI heavily on a day-to-day basis.
Out of the total 36 holdings as of the end of the first quarter, Berkshire holds about $114.423 billion worth of shares in Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), American Express Co. (NYSE:AXP), Visa Inc. (NYSE:V), Mastercard Inc. (NYSE:MA), and Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN).
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Company |
Holdings (as of March 31) |
% In The Portfolio |
Value (as of March 31) |
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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) |
300,000,000 |
26% |
$66.639 billion |
|
American Express Co. (NYSE:AXP) |
151,610,700 |
16% |
$40.79 billion |
|
Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) |
8,297,460 |
1.1% |
$2.907 billion |
|
Mastercard Inc. (NYSE:MA) |
3,986,648 |
0.8% |
$2.185 billion |
|
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) |
10,000,000 |
0.7% |
$1.902 billion |
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Features like Siri, on-device machine learning for Face ID, photo processing, and Apple Intelligence (AI-driven features in iOS) show deep AI investment.
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Also, not an AI stock, Amex uses AI for credit risk assessment, fraud detection, and personalized marketing.
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Its data-driven approach leverages machine learning to enhance customer experiences, but its core business is financial services and payments, not AI development.
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While primarily an e-commerce and cloud computing giant, Amazon is a major AI player through Amazon Web Services (AWS), which offers AI and machine learning tools like SageMaker, Bedrock, and Titan models.
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AI powers Amazon’s recommendation algorithms, logistics optimization, and Alexa. Its cloud dominance makes it a backbone for many AI companies, so it’s closer to an AI stock than most.
