AI giants ranked: Top 10 companies dominating by market cap

These firms lead the charge with innovative technologies and strategic advantages

- MANILA JAY HILOTIN Senior Assistant Editor

The AI revolution is reshaping our lives in more ways than one.

With trillions in market value, companies like Apple, Google, and Tesla leverage AI for personalised experiences, autonomous driving, and data analytics, while Oracle, Palantir, IBM, and Adobe carve niches in enterprise and creative AI.

From NVIDIA’s dominance in AI chips to Microsoft’s Azure-driven enterprise solutions, these giants — spanning hardware, cloud, social media, and creative software—are redefining the future.

Here, we explore their founding years, visionary CEOs, unique products, and competitive edges, highlighting their pivotal roles in the global AI landscape (as of August 19, 2025, as per NASDAQ and Bloomberg).

1. NVIDIA - $4.29 trillion

(Founded: 1993, CEO: Jensen Huang): NVIDIA dominates AI hardware with its H100 and Blackwell chips, CUDA software ecosystem, and enterprise tools like DGX Cloud. Once a gaming graphics pioneer, it now powers data centres, autonomous vehicles, and robotics.

2. Microsoft - $3.79 trillion