The New AI Stock Edge: How the Pros Spot Tomorrow's IPO Leaders Before the Crowd

The next unicorn is hiding in plain sight.

In 1996, a Wall Street Journal reporter tracked Bill Smith down mid-flight, thirty thousand feet over the Rockies. He had one question: Would the Yahoo! IPO be a hot deal? More than eleven thousand IPOs later, Bill has a bigger answer. AI is creating generational wealth. Most investors will miss it.

Since ChatGPT arrived, more than forty-six thousand private AI companies have been built. Of those, 308 are valued over $1 billion. Not one is open to pu...