Silicon Valley-based Snowflake is “in the sweet spot” to benefit from wider use of AI among businesses over the next 12 to 18 months, according to Wedbush analyst Dan Ives.

Shares of Snowflake saw their largest percentage increase on record after the cloud data storage company posted better-than-expected product revenues and forged a new generative artificial-intelligence partnership.

Shares of data company Snowflake ( SNOW 32.71%) skyrocketed on Thursday after investors were pleasantly surprised with the financial results it reported for its fiscal third quarter of 2025. As of 12:40 p.m. ET, Snowflake stock was up 34%.

Snowflake Inc.'s stock is rising 3% in premarket trading on Monday after Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives upgraded the AI software maker to outperform from neutral. “Now its time for the broader software space to get in on the AI Party as we believe the use cases are exploding,

Key Takeaways Wedbush upgraded Snowflake as the analysts predicted that the artificial intelligence software era is here.Wedbush said Snowflake was in the "sweet spot" to benefit from AI product demand.

Wedbush Securities analyst Daniel Ives has significantly increased his optimism on the next phase of the AI revolution, focusing on its transformative impact on the software sector. The analyst projects a monumental shift driven by generative AI adoption,

Snowflake (SNOW) and Elastic (ESTC) were in focus on Monday as Wedbush Securities upgraded the software companies. Read for more.