Is C3.ai Inc. (NYSE:AI) a buy in 2026?
No. C3.ai Inc. is one to avoid for now, per the Compass.
An AI-branded company shrinking 46% in the middle of the biggest AI boom in history tells you everything.
Where AI is headed
Picture the most generous AI capex cycle in corporate history. Microsoft, Amazon, Google and Meta will spend north of $400 billion combined on AI in calendar 2026. Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR) is compounding revenue above 30%. ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW) is winning agentic AI deals at the enterprise level. Snowflake is shipping Cortex into thousands of accounts. And C3.ai (NYSE:AI), the company that literally owns the ticker AI, is shrinking revenue 46% year over year and cut 26% of its workforce in February. That is not a company missing the wave. That is a company drowning under it.
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Frequently asked questions
Is C3.ai Inc. (NYSE:AI) a buy in 2026?
No. C3.ai Inc. is one to avoid for now, per the Compass. An AI-branded company shrinking 46% in the middle of the biggest AI boom in history tells you everything.
What is AI's Compass Score?
C3.ai Inc. scores 34/100 on Alexandria's Compass, placing it in the "Headwinds" tier. Scores blend eight factors and update weekly.
What is the price target for AI?
Alexandria's full Compass Direction includes bull, base, and bear price scenarios with the valuation math behind each. Read the full breakdown on the AI page.
Compass verdicts are AI-generated, forward-looking editorial research from publicly available data, not investment advice or a recommendation regarding any security. Scores and verdicts update as the data changes.