While there have been plenty of beneficiaries of these secular tailwinds, one of the most notable has been Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA). In a nutshell, the company's graphics processing units (GPUs), which were originally developed to craft lifelike images in video games, proved equally adept at powering AI models.

However, just this week analysts from Morgan Stanley and UBS raised their price targets on Nvidia stock to $160 and $185, respectively -- implying upside between approximately 10% and 28% as of market close on Nov. 11.

Thanks to five consecutive quarters of triple-digit revenue and profit growth, Nvidia stock has been on fire, up more than 900% (as of this writing) in less than two years. This has pushed the chipmaker's market cap above $3.